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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 “ecologists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

33 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
ecologists1331092(None) 
ecologist12314141ecologist_
enologists11310621enologists
apologists1348882apologists
biologists1349432biologists
cetologists1449162cetologists
colonists112512502_colonists
colorists112313592_colorists
ecologies12312352ecologi_es
economists1446952economists
enologist10314122enologist_
ethologists1549022ethologists
eulogists1046652e_ulogists
fetologists1547992fetologists
gemologists1577882gemologists
geologists1279162geologists
mycologists1947732mycologists
myologists1648202myologists
necrologists1547872necrologists
neologists1139772neologists
ologists939442__ologists
oncologists1448072oncologists
oologists1039852_oologists
orologists1149822orologists
otologists1149632otologists
pedologists1548272pedologists
penologists1449592penologists
prologists13311172prologists
serologists12410122serologists
sexologists1947252sexologists
ufologists1445422ufologists
urologists1148412urologists
zoologists2047172zoologists

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 Filter1786911088240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit108824333.07635378.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.46551570.3
 
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