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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 “nephrosis” 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.

28 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
nephrosis144510(None) 
nephroses1446311nephroses
necrosis1048892ne_crosis
nephrisms1644432nephrisms
nephritis1445122nephritis
nephrons1346852nephro_ns
nephrotic1646292nephrotic
nephrotics1743882nephrotics
neurosis848852ne_urosis
alphosis1347273alph_osis
arthrosis1247553arthrosis
heterosis1258813heterosis
kyphosis2045173kyph_osis
leprosies1146813lep_rosies
necroses10310573ne_croses
negronis947273ne_gronis
nephric1446213nephr__ic
nephridia1553103nephridia
nephrism1544793nephris_m
nephrites1446503nephrites
nephritic1645903nephritic
nephron1246653nephro__n
nerolis71012783ne__rolis
neuroses8310163ne_uroses
peperonis1346623peperonis
pyrosis12411653__pyrosis
rephrases1447413rephrases
xerosis14249673xe__rosis

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.67019379.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.10922036.1
 
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