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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 “methodological” 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.

31 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
methodological235330(None) 
meteorological1953782meteorological
ethnological1846813_eth_nological
ethological1748193_eth__ological
methodologies2053483methodologi_es
methodologist2054313methodologi_st
methodologists2153473methodologists
metrological1748373met__rological
mythological2346903myth__ological
anthological1847514anth__ological
anthropological2373104anthropological
cohomological2354084_cohomological
demonological1954964de_monological
entomological1855034_entomological
etiological1448414_et__iological
etymological2045874_et_ymological
homological1948444___homological
horological1748284___horological
lithological1845894lith__ological
meteorologic1763174meteorologic__
methodical1845144method____ical
methodology2183194methodolog___y
pathological2047984path__ological
pedological1757614pe___dological
petrological1758594pet__rological
phonological2058374__phonological
pteridological2053594pteridological
technological2155144tech_nological
theological1798264__th_eological
topological1647434__t_opological
tropological1746634__tropological

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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874313.60618267.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.95245215.3
 
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