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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 “pteridologists” 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.

32 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
pteridologists1813372(None) 
pteridologist17144601pteridologist_
pteridologies1762932pteridologi_es
iridologists1444683__iridologists
pedologists1548273p_e__dologists
petrologists1559143petr__ologists
pteridological2053593pteridological
teratologists1496593_teratologists
tribologists1546163_t_ribologists
bacteriologists2063254bacteri_ologists
cardiologists1765144_cardiologists
iridologist1345794__iridologist_
lexicologists2374154_lexicologists
methodologists2153474methodologists
metrologists1588834metr__ologists
pedologist14410864p_e__dologist_
penologists1449594p_e__nologists
petrologist14711884petr__ologist_
philologists1876684p__hilologists
phrenologists1956294p_hrenologists
physiologists22156014physi_ologists
prologists13311174p__r__ologists
psephologists2155294pse_phologists
pteridology1852594pteridolog___y
semiologists1548224_semi_ologists
serologists12410124_ser__ologists
technologists19125704_technologists
teleologists1347224_te_leologists
teratologist13108574_teratologist_
toxicologists2353984_toxicologists
tribologist1447724_t_ribologist_
trichologists1955424_t_richologists

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 Filter178691658740.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit65874324.97013254.3
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691325.41932974.9
 
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