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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 “aphonic” 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.

28 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
aphonic14271339(None) 
aphonia122711881aphonia
aphonics15259521aphonics
aphotic142913121aphotic
phonic133315211_phonic
acronic112814692acronic
aeonic83517042a_eonic
agonic93515142a_gonic
ammonic1349162ammonic
anionic9312872anionic
aphasic142810062aphasic
aphetic142912852aphetic
aphonias132611142aphonias
apnoeic1147612apnoeic
aprotic112715242aprotic
atonic83420472a_tonic
avionic1237692avionic
axonic154312722a_xonic
azonic175513152a_zonic
euphonic15117812euphonic
opsonic1137252opsonic
phobic153010072_phobic
phonics143110722_phonics
photic133316442_photic
pionic103515952_pionic
siphonic1547982siphonic
sphenic1449092sphenic
typhonic1847172typhonic

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671283.53330475.8
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691283.66948702.9
 
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