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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 “pharmaceuticals” 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.

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
pharmaceuticals2610140(None) 
pharmaceutical25101861pharmaceutical_
nutraceuticals187914nutr_aceuticals
hermeneutical2061315_hermeneutical_
nutraceutical1771585nutr_aceutical_
paramedicals19142775p_ar_ame_dicals
pharmacological2793545pharmacological_
pharmacopeial24172725pharmacopei_al_
pharmacopeias24172815pharmacopei_a_s
practicals1645545p__r_ac__ticals
hermeneutically2561806_hermeneutically
hermeneutics1961496_hermeneutic__s
hermetical1746386_herm__e_tical_
parachutic1954296p_ar_achutic___
parachutists1952416p_ar_achuti_sts
paramedical18114406p_ar_ame_dical_
parasitical1555656p_ar_a_sitical_
paratactical1852926p_ar_atactical_
pharmacies1945786pharmac___i__es
pharmacists2084176pharmac___i_sts
pharmacopeia23173186pharmacopei_a__
pharmacopoeial25172656pharmacopoeial_
pharmacopoeias25162736pharmacopoeia_s
practical1548846p__r_ac__tical_
pragmatical1854906pragma___tical_
therapeutically2561626ther_apeutically
therapeutics1961406ther_apeutic__s

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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024278.75310856.2
3Display Results27270.030900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691279.15619516.3
 
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