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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forichthyology” 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.

23 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
ichthyology265216(None) 
ichnology1844993ic__hnology
ichthyologies2552293ichthyologies
ichthyologist2562783ichthyologist
anthology1646794_anth_ology
cetology1477604_cet__ology
chronology1945544_chronology
cytology1766454_cyt__ology
ethnology1645694__ethnology
ethology1547254__eth_ology
ichthyoid2152314ichthy__oid
ichthyoids2251884ichthyo_ids
ichthyological2882454ichthyological
ichthyologists2662314ichthyologists
ichthyosaur2271394ichthyosaur
iconology1545444ic__onology
lichenology2052384lich_enology
lithology1645444_lith_ology
mythology2145784_myth_ology
pathology1846934_path_ology
scatology1545464scat__ology
theology1536894___theology
victimology2251574vic_timology

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819237.81019054.9
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691238.24921662.1