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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 “limnologists” 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.

27 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
limnologists154532(None) 
limnologist1446681limnologist_
limnologies1445532limnologi_es
sinologists1257672si_nologists
biologists1349433bi__ologists
climatologists1983283climatologists
criminologists1952973criminologists
demonologists1755563demonologists
enologists11310623__enologists
ethnologists1647043ethnologists
gemmologists1845233gemmologists
gemologists1577883gem_ologists
histologists1646293histologists
ideologists1346653_ideologists
immunologists18124493immunologists
lichenologists2063033lichenologists
limnologic1553533limnologi__c
limnological1745073limnological
mixologists2145683mi_xologists
monologists14410073_monologists
myologists1648203__myologists
penologists1449593_penologists
phonologists1848773phonologists
pomologists1648983pom_ologists
semiologists1548223semiologists
sinologist11510663si_nologist_
virologists1546633vi_rologists

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 Filter178691950240.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit95024273.92324222.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691274.34541125.7
 
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