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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 “climatologists” 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.

34 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
climatologists198328(None) 
climatologist1873941climatologist_
climatologies1852802climatologi_es
primatologists19184352primatologists
climatological2162613climatological
cosmetologists1953143cosmetologists
criminologists1952973criminologists
dermatologists18134923dermatologists
hematologists19217053_hematologists
limnologists1545323_lim_nologists
nematologists16166603_nematologists
onomatologists1753333onomatologists
primatologist18175313primatologist_
campanologists2152624campanologists
cetologists1449164c___etologists
climatology1952384climatolog___y
cosmetologist1853974cosmetologist_
cosmologists1746414cosm__ologists
criminologist1863644criminologist_
cryptologists2155234c_ryptologists
cytologists1748014c___ytologists
dermatologist1786464dermatologist_
hematologist18219204_hematologist_
histologists1646294_hi_stologists
limnologist1446684_lim_nologist_
narratologists1553214narratologists
nematologist15208474_nematologist_
neonatologists1584194neonatologists
onomatologist1654404onomatologist_
planetologists1763624planetologists
primatologies1863874primatologi_es
rheumatologists2162254rheumatologists
teratologists1496594_teratologists
thanatologists1852864thanatologists

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874342.98622061.0
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.32553741.7
 
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