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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 “apologies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

41 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
apologies1231119(None) 
apiologies1339061apiologies
apologias1247501apologias
apologise1248301apologise
apologises1347301apologises
apologizes2246201apologizes
apologues1245021apologues
aerologies11312022aerologies
agrologies1237692agrologies
algologies1246792algologies
analogies101910642analogies
apologia1147722apologi_a
apologiae1245762apologiae
apologised1444322apologised
apologist12412402apologist
apologists1348882apologists
apologize2146122apologize
apologized2354832apologized
apologizer2244342apologizer
apologizers2342822apologizers
apologs1038592apolog__s
apologue1144802apologue_
areologies1139822areologies
axiologies1837482axiologies
biologies12311182biologies
carpologies1646402carpologies
ecologies12312352ecologies
enologies10312982enologies
geologies11410642geologies
haplologies1744762haplologies
myologies1539752myologies
neologies10411712neologies
ologies8615022__ologies
oologies9312992_oologies
orologies10311622orologies
otologies10311402otologies
topologies1348972topologies
typologies1647642typologies
ufologies1345982ufologies
urologies1039532urologies
zoologies1939012zoologies

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121436413.51334567.6
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.96545067.1
 
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