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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 “psychologists” 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.

27 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
psychologists2412747(None) 
psychologises24136161psychologises
psychologisms26124771psychologisms
psychologist23109111psychologist_
phycologists2367132phyc_ologists
psephologists2155292psephologists
psychologies23127852psychologi_es
psychologise23107042psychologis_e
psychologised25144632psychologised
psychologism25126052psychologis_m
psychologizes33135312psychologizes
conchologists2154563conchologists
mycologists1947733_myc_ologists
mythologists2146893_mythologists
pathologists1848373p_athologists
phycologist2259183phyc_ologist_
physiologists22156013physiologists
proctologists1856813proctologists
psephologist2056603psephologist_
psycholinguists26182403psycholinguists
psychologic2456573psychologi__c
psychological2656593psychological
psychologising2662713psychologising
psychologize32145503psychologi_ze
psychologized34144313psychologized
sociologists1547943_sociologists
trichologists1955423trichologists

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874272.43627041.9
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691272.76564626.0
 
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