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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 “aerobes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

30 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
aerobes931149(None) 
aerobe8412401aerobe_
adobes94411532a_dobes
aerates74627492aerates
aeries64737782aer_ies
aerobat9514472aerobat
aerobats1049842aerobats
aerobia939462aerobia
aerobic11310212aerobic
aerobics1246832aerobics
aerogel836522aerogel
aerogels945592aerogels
anaerobes1144992anaerobes
areoles71016952areoles
arrobas969212arrobas
berobed1238232berobed
earlobes1056142earlobes
enrobes92211112enrobes
erodes74819882_erodes
eroses65327052_eroses
heroes94923822hero_es
probes104119452_probes
reprobes121910292reprobes
robes75133302__robes
saprobes1237032saprobes
strobes93813262strobes
unrobes9269732unrobes
xeroses143612822xeroses
xeroxes13246442xeroxes
zeroes154314342zero_es

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671307.05015272.5
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.45323975.7
 
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