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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 “hematophagous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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
hematophagous2411148(None) 
hematogenous1862304hemato_genous
monophagous1953374__monophagous
mycetophagous2671214mycetophagous
mycophagous2462754__mycophagous
necrophagous2062624ne_crophagous
phytophagous2662314_phytophagous
coprophagous2262155_coprophagous
entomophagous2171605entomophagous
esophagus1553235_e__sophag_us
hematologies1847565hemato_logies
hematomas1645465hemato_ma___s
hematopoieses2061845hematopoieses
hematopoiesis2061975hematopoiesis
homophonous2153675hom__ophonous
oesophagus1652515oe__sophag_us
oligophagous1961575_oligophagous
saprophagous2061825_saprophagous
steatopygous1861255steatop_ygous
xylophagous2761895__xylophagous

Search took 10 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 Limit124790209.42313243.1
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691209.84518150.4
 
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