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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 “serologist” 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.

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
serologist1141315(None) 
serologists12410121serologists
sexologist1849511sexologist
cetologist13412252cetologist
ecologist12314142_ecologist
enologist10314122_enologist
fetologist14410402fetologist
gemologist141010282gemologist
geologist11611782ge_ologist
horologist14412362horologist
metrologist14511222metrologist
necrologist14410122necrologist
neologist10712812ne_ologist
neurologist1249982neurologist
orologist10313102_orologist
pedologist14410862pedologist
penologist13412842penologist
petrologist14711882petrologist
prologist12315082_prologist
semiologist14410712semiologist
serologic1248672serologi_c
serologies11311332serologies
sexologists1947252sexologists
sinologist11510662sinologist
urologist10411052_urologist
virologist1448812virologist

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911088240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit108824263.14034657.3
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.53250592.0
 
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