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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 “hydrology” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

57 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
hydrology204621(None) 
andrology1444732andrology
hierology1655542hierology
horology1548122h_orology
hydrologic2046672hydrologic
hymnology21104712hymnology
hypnology21144742hypnology
pyrology17136822py_rology
acarology1544803acarology
aerology1238743_aerology
agrology1336023_agrology
astrology1346143astrology
audiology1444633audiology
coprology1755723coprology
cytology1766453cy_tology
dendrology1653113dendrology
geohydrology2461553geohydrology
hagiology1744513hagiology
haplology1843973haplology
herbology1845423herbology
histology1645653histology
homology1738413h_omology
horologe1248363h_orologe
hydragog1743053hydragog_
hydragogs1842983hydragogs
hydrobiology2562783hydrobiology
hydrofoil1953783hydrofoil
hydrolase1645883hydrolase
hydrologies1948183hydrologies
hydrologist1948333hydrologist
hydrolyte1945733hydrolyte
hydrolyze2844413hydrolyze
hydropsy20184153hydro_psy
hydrosol1544473hydroso_l
hydrosols1644733hydrosols
hydroxy2454263hydr__oxy
hydrozoan2554133hydrozoan
ideology1345653_ideology
metrology1546803metrology
mycology1946153my_cology
myology1636163my__ology
mythology2145793mythology
necrology1546213necrology
neurology1346573neurology
orology11319463__orology
pedology15216903ped_ology
petrology1547333petrology
phycology2345453phy_cology
physiology2254443physiology
phytology2146193phy_tology
radiology1446333radiology
serology1238143_serology
symbology2044283symbology
typology1755323ty_pology
urology11217583__urology
virology1545843_virology
zymology2644413zy_mology

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641575.80025627.8
3Display Results57570.0301900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691576.26628517.6
 
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