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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 “melanophores” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

26 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
melanophores195352(None) 
melanophore1853431melanophore_
melanosomes1552813melano_somes
melaphyres2052873mela__phyres
mellophones1853953mel_lophones
aerophores1548574ae__rophores
ctenophores1853834_ctenophores
gonophores1646324__gonophores
granophyres2053494_granophyres
gynophores1954544__gynophores
ionophores1546644__ionophores
megaphones1844684mega__phones
megaspores1543534mega_sp_ores
melancholies1982124melan_cholies
melanocytes1852934melano_cytes
melanoses1147294melan___oses
melanosome1452834melano_some_
melaphyre1952504mela__phyre_
mellophone1753974mel_lophone_
metallophones2061954metallophones
metamorphoses2262474metamorphoses
metanephros1862044metaneph_ros
metaphors1645684meta__phor_s
semaphores1744674sema__phores
technophobes2462364technophobes
xenophobes2454124xe__nophobes

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790267.36016955.2
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.76323018.3
 
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