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

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
necrophiliacs226246(None) 
necrophiliac2163471necrophiliac_
necrophilias1954081necrophilia_s
necrophilia1854912necrophilia__
necrophilic2055032necrophili_c_
necrophilisms2272712necrophilisms
neophiliacs18123262ne__ophiliacs
coprophiliacs2491923coprophiliacs
hemophiliacs2462603he_mophiliacs
necrophilism2173393necrophili_sm
neophiliac17114603ne__ophiliac_
neophilias15115733ne__ophilia_s
coprophiliac2382654coprophiliac_
coprophilias2183554coprophilia_s
hemophiliac2353984he_mophiliac_
hemophilias2155024he_mophilia_s
hemophilics2364624he_mophili_cs
necropolis1455274necrop_oli__s
necropolises1663624necrop_olises
negrophils1655084negrophil___s
negrophobias2063084negrophobia_s
nemophilas1754524ne_mophil_a_s
neophilia14126304ne__ophilia__
neutrophilic1963454neutrophili_c_
pedophiliac2153154pe_dophiliac_
pedophilias1953834pe_dophilia_s
sacroiliacs1551104sacro__iliacs
xerophilies2354994xe_rophili_es

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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024285.31317885.2
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.70231338.3
 
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