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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 “photobiologists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

25 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
photobiologists236517(None) 
photobiologist2266221photobiologist_
photobiologies2265152photobiologi_es
photogeologists22173642photogeologists
paleobiologists20115733paleobiologists
photobiologic2365203photobiologi__c
photobiological2564453photobiological
photogeologist21134673photogeologist_
protozoologists2763033protozoologists
astrobiologists1873764astrobiologists
chronobiologist2392794chronobiologist_
cryobiologists2254104_cryobiologists
exobiologists2355324__exobiologists
hydrobiologists25134044hydrobiologists
microbiologists22134814microbiologists
neurobiologists18114314neurobiologists
nonbiologists1664724_no_nbiologists
paleobiologist19156344paleobiologist_
phonologists1848774ph__o_nologists
photobiology2384014photobiolog___y
photogeologies2163894photogeologi_es
physiologists22156014ph__ysiologists
protozoologist2663884protozoologist_
radiobiologists19174264radiobiologists
sociobiologists2063624sociobiologists

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548251.94022447.4
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691252.24979453.5
 
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