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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 “technologist” 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.

25 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
technologist1813740(None) 
technologists19125701technologists
ethnologist1549262_ethnologist
technologic1954482technologi_c
technologies1845972technologies
technologize2753442technologize
biotechnologist2371563biotechnologist
demonologist1657053demonologist
ecologist12314143_ec__ologist
enologist10314123_e__nologist
ethnologists1647043_ethnologists
ethologist14411893_eth_ologist
lichenologist1973913lichenologist
necrologist14410123nec_rologist
nephrologist1856303nephrologist
oceanologist1555683oceanologist
penologist13412843pe__nologist
selenologist1357003selenologist
technological2155143technological
technologized2962623technologized
technologizes2853423technologizes
technology1944913technolog__y
teleologist1249383te_leologist
teratologist13108573teratologist
trichologist1856743trich_ologist

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024253.90624327.7
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691254.29541604.4
 
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