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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 “philology” 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.

45 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
philology184529(None) 
ophiology1844872ophi_ology
phenology1846992phenology
phonology1847162phonology
phycology2345452phycology
phytology2146192phytology
rhinology1645082rhinology
amphibology2452473amphibology
apiology1436563api_ology
axiology1935433axi_ology
biology1337363_bi_ology
etiology1236443eti_ology
haplology1843973haplology
hierology1655543_hierology
histology1645653_histology
homology1738413_homology
horology1548123_horology
iridology1443803iridology
misology1447133_misology
mixology2144833_mixology
oinology12196703_oinology
paleology1556343paleology
pathology1846933pathology
pedology15216903p_edology
penology14238483p_enology
petrology1547333petrology
philogyny2151973philogyny
philologies1747203philologies
philologist1768433philologist
philosophy23133053philosophy
phlebology2153463phlebology
phrenology1944893phrenology
physiology2254443physiology
pillory12247453p_il_lory
pillowy15316423p_il_lowy
poenology1546343poenology
pomology1637193p_omology
posology1447243p_osology
pyrology17136823p_yrology
rheology1545823rh_eology
sinology12247183_sinology
sitology12256623_sitology
theology1536893th_eology
tribology1545123tribology
virology1545843_virology

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641456.62622433.0
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.05925313.9
 
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