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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 “ology” 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.

54 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
ology9411311(None) 
logy87025781_logy
oology103210251oology
apology1337912apology
biology1337362biology
blog75723822blog_
blogs85319232blogs
blowy134315322blowy
bogy106426192_bogy
boogy114518322boogy
clog76123242clog_
cloggy1344872cloggy
clogs85519552clogs
cloy96623832clo_y
colog86619932colog_
cologs96517352cologs
colony115417272colony
dogy96126492_dogy
ecology13218822ecology
elegy939302elegy
enology11239812enology
eulogy1035632eulogy
flog85523892flog_
flogs95919962flogs
fogy115923182_fogy
geology12257322geology
glogg837352glogg
glory96413292glory
log46252682_log_
loge56837192_loge
loggy105714192loggy
logo57931762_logo
logs57343112_logs
looby108115622looby
looey84822912looey
loony86918962loony
loopy105316642loopy
lory75931712_lory
myology1636162myology
neology11238292neology
oldy85316842ol_dy
oozy167018132o_ozy
orgy85218002o_rgy
orology11319462orology
otology11308752otology
ploy96123602plo_y
pogy105623552_pogy
slog56728272slog_
slogs64521842slogs
stogy95414082stogy
ufology14244562ufology
urology11217582urology
zloty17399792zloty
zoology2036512zoology

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800541.42037887.3
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691541.749102167.5
 
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