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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 “aerology” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

40 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
aerology123874(None) 
agrology1336021agrology
areology1237381areology
serology1238141serology
acarology1544802acarology
aerologic1249602aerologic
aeronomy1346442aeronomy
aetiology1346422aetiology
algology1345272algology
andrology1444732andrology
anemology1545212anemology
apiology1436562apiology
apology1337912a_pology
astrology1346142astrology
axiology1935432axiology
cetology1477602cetology
ecology13218822_ecology
enology11239812_enology
fetology1566442fetology
gemology1546162gemology
geology12257322ge_ology
herbology1845422herbology
hierology1655542hierology
horology1548122horology
menology14218482menology
metrology1546792metrology
necrology1546212necrology
neology11238292ne_ology
neurology1346572neurology
oecology14227272oecology
oenology12227822oenology
orology11319462_orology
pedology15216902pedology
penology14238482penology
petrology1547332petrology
pyrology17136822pyrology
sexology1945442sexology
urology11217582_urology
venology15226632venology
virology1545842virology

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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059403.58033815.4
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.99944683.9
 
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