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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 “climatology” 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.

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
climatology195238(None) 
primatology1953462primatology
climatologies1852803climatologies
climatologist1873943climatologist
cosmetology1972403cosmetology
criminology1952423criminology
dermatology1853923dermatology
hematology1995773_hematology
limnology1544433_lim_nology
nematology16125203_nematology
onomatology1752943onomatology
somatology1644923_somatology
campanology2152474campanology
cetology1477604c___etology
climatal1244404climatal___
climatological2162614climatological
climatologists1983284climatologists
cosmology1745194cosm__ology
cryptology21134504c_ryptology
cytology1766454c___ytology
eschatology2082324eschatology
histology1645654_hi_stology
lithology1645444_li_thology
narratology1552384narratology
neonatology1553164neonatology
planetology1752864planetology
pneumatology20102604pneumatology
rheumatology2162094rheumatology
scatology1545464__scatology
sitology12256624_si__tology
teratology1445294_teratology
thanatology1852294thanatology

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819328.31317902.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.76520386.9
 
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