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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 “paleontologic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

26 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
paleontologic186369(None) 
paleobiologic2064782paleobiologic
paleoecologic2063322paleoecologic
paleontological2063842paleontological
paleontologies17103882paleontologies
paleontologist1765142paleontologist
paleontology1853302paleontolog_y
paleontologists1884523paleontologists
palynologic1953663pal_yn_ologic
gerontologic1653764_gerontologic
ontologic1247784____ontologic
paleobiological2264734paleobiological
paleobiologies1954904paleobiologies
paleobiologist19156344paleobiologist
paleobiology2053534paleobiolog_y
paleoecological2263554paleoecological
paleoecologies1963554paleoecologies
paleoecologist19114724paleoecologist
paleoecology2062994paleoecolog_y
paleozoological2963264paleozoological
paleozoologies2663184paleozoologies
paleozoologist2664194paleozoologist
paleozoology2762624paleozoolog_y
parasitologic1862254parasitologic
phonologic1857944p__hon_ologic
proctologic1855304p__roctologic

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024264.71620149.3
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.09235092.5
 
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