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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 “spermatozoan” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

20 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
spermatozoan256203(None) 
spermatozoa2462081spermatozoa_
spermatozoal2561921spermatozoal
spermatozoans2661821spermatozoans
spermatozoon2561701spermatozoon
spermatozoid2662492spermatozoid
spermatozoids2761923spermatozoids
hematozoa2353434_he_matozoa_
hematozoon2452054_he_matozoon
protozoan2045944_p_r_otozoan
spermagonia1653114spermagonia_
spermatheca2052014spermatheca_
spermathecae2161584spermathecae
spermatia1346744spermat__ia_
spermatial1445674spermat__ial
spermatocyte2162444spermatocyte
spermatogonia18182634spermatogonia
spermatogonial19161934spermatogonial
spermatophore22152384spermatophore
sporozoan20143364spor___ozoan

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790207.73616131.1
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691208.14221946.8
 
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