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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 “petrologists” 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.

63 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
petrologists155914(None) 
metrologists1588831metrologists
petrologist14711881petrologist_
cetologists1449162cet_ologists
ethologists1549022_ethologists
fetologists1547992fet_ologists
metrologist14511222metrologist_
necrologists1547872necrologists
neurologists1347642neurologists
pathologists1848372pathologists
pedologists1548272pe_dologists
penologists1449592pe_nologists
petrologies1449892petrologi_es
prologists13311172p__rologists
serologists12410122se_rologists
anthologists1648033anthologists
cetologist13412253cet_ologist_
cytologists1748013cyt_ologists
dendrologists1654083dendrologists
ecologists13310923_e_cologists
electrologists1765643electrologists
enologists11310623_e_nologists
ethnologists1647043_ethnologists
ethologist14411893_ethologist_
etymologists18156493_etymologists
fetologist14410403fet_ologist_
futurologists1773073futurologists
gemmologists1845233gemmologists
gemologists1577883ge_mologists
geologists1279163ge__ologists
horologists1548963_horologists
hydrologists2046093hydrologists
meteorologists1754183meteorologists
metrologies1449583metrologi_es
mythologists2146893mythologists
necrologist14410123necrologist_
neologists1139773ne__ologists
nephrologists1954983nephrologists
neurologist1249983neurologist_
ontologists1248903ont_ologists
orologists1149823__orologists
osteologists1346763osteologists
otologists1149633_ot_ologists
papyrologists2154083papyrologists
pathologist17410663pathologist_
pedologist14410863pe_dologist_
penologist13412843pe_nologist_
petrologic1547733petrologi__c
petrological1758593petrological
philologists1876683philologists
phonologists1848773phonologists
phycologists2367133phycologists
pomologists1648983p_omologists
prologist12315083p__rologist_
psephologists2155293psephologists
pteridologists18133723pteridologists
semiologists1548223semiologists
serologist11413153se_rologist_
sexologists1947253se_xologists
speleologists1654323speleologists
teleologists1347223teleologists
urologists1148413__urologists
virologists1546633_virologists

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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024633.61026322.4
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691634.01644494.8
 
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