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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 “oestrogen” 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.

27 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
oestrogen104444(None) 
estrogen946571_estrogen
oestrogens1153461oestrogens
estrogens1045702_estrogens
oestrone849972oestrone_
oestrones949772oestrones
bestrode1147143bestrode_
bestrowed1585173bestrowed
bestrown1345203bestro_wn
destroyed1445083destroyed
destroyer1344553destroyer
estragon944793_estragon
estrogenic1345303_estrogenic
estrone7413953_estrone_
estrones8313323_estrones
goitrogen1152203goitrogen
histogen1245563hist_ogen
kerogen1236093ke__rogen
nitrogen945823_nitrogen
oestrin7312243oestr__in
oestrous869923oestro_us
oestruses946403oestruses
petrogeny1544973pe_trogeny
restriven1246233restriven
restrove1138963restrove_
vestrymen1742593vestrymen
yestreen1144603yestr_een

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641276.98621277.0
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.43524033.8
 
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