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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 “radiotelephones” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

22 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
radiotelephones218124(None) 
radiotelephone2081391radiotelephone_
radiotelephony2381272radiotelephon_y
radiophones1754894radio____phones
radioelements1663085radio_ele_ments
radiophone1654675radio____phone_
radiotelegraphs22131945radiotelegraphs
telephones1545695_____telephones
picturephones2261026__picturephones
radioelement1563516radio_ele_men_t
radiographies2055826radio_graph_ies
radiophotos1762326radio____photos
radiotelegraph21142056radiotele_graph
radiotelegraphy25121966radiotelegraphy
radiotelemetric2081336radiotelemetric
radiotelemetry2081366radiotele_metry
radiotherapies2083206radiot_herapies
telephone1445646_____telephone_
telephoned1654026_____telephoned
telephoner1554046_____telephoner
telephoners1653326_____telephoners
telephonies1654906_____telephonies

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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024228.31311430.8
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691228.70520527.4
 
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