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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 “histologist” 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.

28 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
histologist154798(None) 
histologists1646291histologists
histologic1654962histologi_c
histologies1546632histologies
biologist12412343bi__ologist
cetologist13412253_cetologist
cosmologist1648373cosmologist
cytologist16410533_cytologist
fetologist14410403_fetologist
hematologist18219203hematologist
histological1846083histological
histology1645653histolog__y
histolysis1653093histolysis_
historicist1654143historicist
horologist14412363h_orologist
hydrologist1948333hydrologist
ideologist1248533_ideologist
limnologist1446683limnologist
mixologist2047693mi_xologist
museologist1445803museologist
ontologist11411363_ontologist
osteologist1248563_osteologist
otologist10412813__otologist
philologist1768433phi_lologist
physiologist21157323physiologist
seismologist15125273seismologist
sinologist11510663si_nologist
virologist1448813vi_rologist

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633285.25023168.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691285.65631593.2
 
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