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

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

40 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
hagiology174451(None) 
agrology1336022_agrology
angiology1444782angiology
apiology1436562_apiology
axiology1935432_axiology
hagiologic1754072hagiologic
haplology1843972haplology
radiology1446332radiology
aerology1238743_aerology
aetiology1346423aetiology
algology1345273_algology
apology1337913_a_pology
areology1237383_areology
audiology1444633audiology
biology1337363__biology
cardiology1744393cardiology
carpology1775453carpology
craniology1644213craniology
etiology1236443_etiology
garbology1644393garbology
geology12257323__geology
glaciology1753033glaciology
hagiologies1645343hagiologies
herbology1845423herbology
hierology1655543hierology
histology1645653histology
homology1738413h_omology
horology1548123h_orology
hydrology2046213hydrology
hymnology21104713hymnology
hypnology21144743hypnology
karyology2043823karyology
ophiology1844873ophiology
paleology1556343paleology
pathology1846933pathology
physiology2254443physiology
sarcology1545543sarcology
semiology1546893semiology
sociology1546163sociology
tautology1344993tautology

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 Filter1786911486410.873204686.1
2DLD Change Limit148641407.48619855.9
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691408.37221343.9
 
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