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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 “earphone” 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.

48 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
earphone134825(None) 
earphones1448391earphones
earstone848602earstone
headphone18124732headphone
aerophobe1646293aerophobe
aerophore1448233aerophore
archine125817053_archine
archon11311753_archon_
archons12311583_archons
armhole1236943_armhole
baritone1058643baritone
barytone1356023barytone
camphene1746613camphene
camphine1738373camphine
cellphone1644183cellphone
daphne12237013da_ph_ne
dapsone1038463da_psone
dauphine1444493dauphine
diaphone1447103diaphone
earlobe946543ear_lobe
earpiece1243163earpiece
earshot10410823earsho_t
earshots1146623earshots
earstones948523earstones
earthen1039253earthen_
earthing12310323earthing
earthmen1346393earthmen
elaphine1346113elaphine
errhine1036593e_rrhine
euphony1545403e_uphony
geophone1447433geophone
harpoon1238313harpoon_
harpooned1544323harpooned
harpooner1444333harpooner
harpoons1337483harpoons
headphones19114753headphones
megaphone1744743megaphone
morphine1548703morphine
nearshore1253463nearshore
phone105621933___phone
saxophone2144193saxophone
sulphone1345983sulphone
taphole1239773ta_phole
tarpon82812803tarp_on_
tarpons92612213tarp_ons
telephone1445643telephone
warplane1345983warplane
xanthone1847113xanthone

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162487.73618893.7
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691488.16921874.3
 
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