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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 “photoflashes” 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.

24 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
photoflashes235307(None) 
photoflash2153532photoflash__
photolyses1846653photo_lys_es
photophases2157943photophas_es
homoplasies18105264_homoplasies
photofinisher2471744photofinisher
photofinishers2571334photofinishers
photofloods2052444photofl_oods
photographed2458664photographed
photographer2349694photographer
photographers2457174photographers
photographies2459414photographies
photographs22411474photograph_s
photolysis1846704photo_lys_is
photolyzes2745484photo_l_yzes
photomasks2153744photo_mas_ks
photophase2057434photophas_e_
photoplays2054724photopla__ys
phototaxes2246664photo_ta_xes
phototaxies2356224photo_taxies
potashes1337834p_ot___ashes
potlaches16115264p_ot__laches
protoplasms1764874protoplas_ms
protoplasts1566054protoplas_ts

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 Filter1786911247900.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit124790247.83015937.4
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691248.31221498.0
 
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