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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 “phosphorous” 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.

36 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
phosphorous217394(None) 
phosphorus2084821phosphor_us
phosphores2078422phosphor_es
phosphors1976542phosphor__s
phosphoryls2453272phosphoryls
aposporous1453103aposp_orous
phosphonium2353253phosphonium
phosphoniums2462663phosphoniums
phosphor1865103phosphor___
phosphore1967893phosphor__e
phosphori1966293phosphor__i
phosphoric2266443phosphor_ic
phosphorite2155383phosphorite
phosphorites2254693phosphorites
phosphoruses2253843phosphoruses
phosphoryl2353783phosphor_yl
prosperous1445483prosp_erous
homophonous2153684_homophonous
homosporous1852204homosp_orous
nonporous1147154_nonp_orous
phosphates2087164phosph_ates
phosphenes2076554phosph_enes
phosphides2175364phosph_ides
phosphids2084644phosph__ids
phosphines20116404phosph_ines
phosphins1995884phosph__ins
phosphites2087044phosph_ites
phosphoresce2462714phosphoresce
phosphoresces2562514phosphoresces
phosphoritic2463974phosphoritic
phosphorolyses2772054phosphorolyses
phosphorolysis2772114phosphorolysis
phosphorylase26132974phosphorylase
photophores2159114photophor_es
polyphonous2153244polyphonous
posthumous1752384p_osthumous

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148819368.58017344.9
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691369.04619753.6
 
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