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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 “phosphorescence” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
phosphorescence298150(None) 
phosphorescent2671922phosphorescen_t
phosphoresce2462713phosphores___ce
phosphoresced2662103phosphoresce__d
phosphoresces2562513phosphoresce__s
phosphorescing2781903phosphorescin_g
phosphocreatine2781835phosphocreatin_e
phosphores2078425phosphores_____
phosphoruses2253845phosphorus_e__s
arborescence1862856___arborescence
concrescence1484506_co__ncrescence
efflorescence2362076__efflorescence
florescence1884416____florescence
fluorescence19103516___fluorescence
inflorescence2062266__inflorescence
obsolescence1862616__o_bsolescence
opalescence1753756__o_p_alescence
phosphene1996246phosph_____en_e
phosphore1967896phosphor______e
phosphoric2266446phosphor____ic_
phosphorite2155386phosphor____ite
phosphorites2254696phosphor_ite__s
phosphoritic2463976phosphor__itic_
phosphorolytic2972166phosphorolytic_
phosphors1976546phosphor_s_____
phosphorus2084826phosphorus_____
phosphorylase26132976phosphor__ylase
phosphorylate26153206phosphor__ylate
phosphorylative3172246phosphorylative
preadolescence2192016p_readolescence
prepubescence23112146p_rep_ubescence
putrescence17114276____putrescence

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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024329.45310052.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.85918124.7
 
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