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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 “methodologist” 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.

36 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
methodologist205431(None) 
methodologists2153471methodologists
meteorologist1654872meteorologist
methodologies2053482methodologies
ethnologist1549263_eth_nologist
ethologist14411893_eth__ologist
meteorologists1754183meteorologists
methodological2353303methodological
methodology2183193methodolog__y
metrologist14511223met__rologist
mythologist2058993myth__ologist
anthologist15410464anth__ologist
anthropologist2064424anthropologist
cetologist13412254cet___ologist
demonologist1657054de_monologist
entomologist1556974_entomologist
ethnologists1647044_eth_nologists
ethologists1549024_eth__ologists
etymologist17158024_et_ymologist
fetologist14410404fet___ologist
geohydrologist2371854geohydrologist
horologist14412364___horologist
meteorologic1763174meteorologi_c
meteorologies1653584meteorologies
methodist1547014method____ist
metrologists1588834met__rologists
monologist13413614m___onologist
mythologists2146894myth__ologists
nephrologist1856304neph_rologist
pathologist17410664path__ologist
pedologist14410864pe___dologist
petrologist14711884pet__rologist
phonologist17411564__phonologist
pteridologist17144604pteridologist
technologist18137404tech_nologist
topologist13410644__t_opologist

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 Filter178691950240.563317390.8
2DLD Change Limit95024367.43612778.9
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.01522294.6
 
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