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

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

33 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
stethoscope186363(None) 
stethoscopes1963811stethoscopes
statoscope1454722stat_oscope
stereoscope1554222stereoscope
stethoscopic2163002stethoscopic
fetoscope1655263_fet_oscope
nephoscope1954093_nephoscope
spectroscope2063203spectroscope
statoscopes1554823stat_oscopes
stereoscopes1654293stereoscopes
stereoscopy1853003stereoscopy
stroboscope1762913stroboscope
urethroscope1962663urethroscope
aeroscope1347684_ae_roscope
arthroscope1895004_arthroscope
cystoscope1953904cyst_oscope
electroscope18145294electroscope
endoscope1445654__endoscope
fetoscopes1745394_fet_oscopes
fetoscopy1953184_fet_oscopy
gastroscope1664254gastroscope
kinetoscope1962444kinet_oscope
nephoscopes2054294_nephoscopes
otoscope1246434__ot_oscope
spectroscopes2163384spectroscopes
spectroscopy2362354spectroscopy
stereoscopic1863544stereoscopic
stereoscopies1763464stereoscopies
stroboscopes1863264stroboscopes
synchroscope2463374synchroscope
telescope1355064_te_lescope
thermoscope2084804thermoscope
urethroscopes2062824urethroscopes

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 Filter1786911488190.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148819339.28316031.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691339.46918871.2
 
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