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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 “polytene” 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.

71 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
polytene136760(None) 
polyene1259361poly_ene
polygene1456691polygene
polyteny1665191polyteny
polythene1765041polythene
polyenes13510062poly_enes
polygenes1557502polygenes
polytenies1547112polytenies
polythenes1865462polythenes
polytype1844752polytype
goldtone1084603goldtone
holocene1346143holocene
holystone1555473holystone
holytide1544973holytide
molten83311813mol_ten_
oxytone1744203_oxytone
pachytene1952133pachytene
palatine10316073palatine
pentene9313793p_entene
phlyctena1951413phlyctena
phlyctenae2051103phlyctenae
phytane1545443p_hytane
platane93112303p_latane
platen84518203p_laten_
platens94213983p_latens
polite83625073polit__e
politely1347093politely
politeness1247983politeness
politer92417073polite_r
politesse1143673politesse
politest10312943politest
pollee83623273pol_le_e
pollen83416453pol_len_
pollened1157783pol_lened
pollens93713303pol_lens
polyamine1647213polyamine
polychete1955163polychete
polyenic1547673poly_enic
polygenic1746493polygenic
polygon1346933polygon_
polygons1447723polygons
polygony1744983polygony
polygyny1643173polygyny
polymer1438063polyme_r
polymers1538333polymers
polyped1537173polype_d
polypeds1645773polypeds
polyphone1946613polyphone
polypide1647013polypide
polypnea1544253polypnea
polypore1547453polypore
polysemy1843583polysemy
polysome1547653polysome
polystyrene1962113polystyrene
polytonal1444923polytonal
polytypes1945173polytypes
pontine92419053po_ntine
portend103411193po_rtend
portent93619643po_rtent
posteen93512623po_steen
postteen1055693postteen
poteen83514263po__teen
potence11711363po__tence
potent84223353po__tent
potstone1039423potstone
potteen9319673po_tteen
poutine93316823po_utine
propylene1644453propylene
pulicene1245723pulicene
pyrene113210733p__yrene
toluene736463tol_uene

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162717.39019778.3
3Display Results71710.0332151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691717.84622774.8
 
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