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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hydroxy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
hydroxy245426(None) 
hydroxyl2543881hydroxyl
hydro12259422hydro__
hydroid1539712hydroid
hydrops16197412hydrops
hydropsy20184152hydropsy
hydros13279362hydro_s
hydrous14197882hydrous
hydroxyls2664212hydroxyls
deoxy1648883__deoxy
doxy156419953__d_oxy
hadron102913753hadro_n
hadrons113314303hadrons
hydra12249223hydr__a
hydrae13258573hydr_ae
hydrant1489053hydrant
hydras13239313hydr_as
hydrase14287663hydrase
hydrate14239813hydrate
hydria13227903hydr_ia
hydriae14246903hydriae
hydric15227953hydr_ic
hydrid14248973hydr_id
hydride15257503hydride
hydrids15267233hydrids
hydrogel1644753hydrogel
hydrogen1646283hydrogen
hydroids1647763hydroids
hydrology2046213hydrology
hydrolyte1945733hydrolyte
hydrolyze2844413hydrolyze
hydromel1795353hydromel
hydronic1748093hydronic
hydropic1947273hydropic
hydroski1943523hydroski
hydrosol1544473hydrosol
hydroxide2445403hydroxide
hydroxylic2954223hydroxylic
hymnody1942363hymnody
hyrax1838033hy_rax_
peroxy1838243_peroxy
proxy175011013__proxy
trihydroxy276923trihydroxy

Search took 6 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit134027435.72023431.3
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691435.88930343.2
 
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