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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 “thermoperiodism” 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.

20 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
thermoperiodism258133(None) 
photoperiodism2472584ph_otoperiodism
thermotropism22133604thermo_tr_opism
photoperiodisms2581935ph_otoperiodisms
thermotropisms23142665thermo_tr_opisms
chemotropism2364076che_mo_tr_opism
hermaphrodite2471036_hermaphr_odite
hermaphroditism288916_hermaphr_oditism
hermeticism2054746_herm__eti_cism
hesperidium1961876_he__speri_dium
photoperiodic2362906ph_otoperiodi_c
photoperiods20103506ph_otoperiod_s_
thermometries2064176thermometri__es_
thermophiles2254266thermop_hi_les_
thermophilic2463976thermop_hi_li_c
thermophilous2362156thermop_hilous_
thermopiles1854206thermop__i_les_
thermotropic2154956thermo_tr_opi_c
theropods1544966ther_op___od_s_
thigmotropism2372086thigmo_tr_opism

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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024209.08010465.2
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691209.46918871.2
 
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