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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 “astrobiologistsa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
astrobiologists1873761astrobiologists_
astrobiologist1784192astrobiologist__
astrobiologies1763263astrobiologi_es_
hydrobiologists25134044hydrobiologists_
microbiologists22134814microbiologists_
neurobiologists18114314neurobiologists_
aerobiologies1655055a_erobiologi_es_
anthropologists2183415anthro_pologists_
astrobiology1882405astrobiolog____y
cryobiologists2254105_cryobiologists_
exobiologists2355325__exobiologists_
hydrobiologist24204505hydrobiologist__
microbiologist21135495microbiologist__
neurobiologist17124925neurobiologist__
paleobiologists20115735paleobiologists_
photobiologists2365175photobiologists_
radiobiologists19174275radiobiologists_
sociobiologists2063625sociobiologists_
sociologists1547945_s__ociologists_
tribologists1546165__trib_ologists_

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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548204.5469579.4
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691204.85836782.8
 
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