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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 “endoscopes” 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.

25 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
endoscopes154581(None) 
endoscope1445651endoscope_
endoscopies1654461endoscopies
endoscopic1754472endoscopic
endoscopy1753602endoscop_y
endosmoses1354192endosmoses
endosomes1246662endos_omes
endospores1345302endospores
hodoscopes1855782hodoscopes
aeroscopes1448013aeroscopes
baroscopes1646753baroscopes
bioscopes1546553_bioscopes
cryoscopes1995253cryoscopes
endosmos1144353endosmo__s
endosome1146803endos_ome_
endospore1245083endospore_
endostyles1452903endostyles
episcopes1545803e_piscopes
fetoscopes1745393fetoscopes
gyroscopes1845073gyroscopes
hodoscope1755343hodoscope_
horoscopes1747643horoscopes
myoscopes1845043_myoscopes
nephoscopes2054293nephoscopes
otoscopes1346513_otoscopes

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603255.42025941.5
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.84230587.3
 
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