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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 “ophthalmology” 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.

18 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
ophthalmology276166(None) 
ophthalmologic2771542ophthalmologic
ophthalmologies2671603ophthalmologies
ophthalmologist26101783ophthalmologist
ophthalmoscopy31291753ophthalmoscopy
ophthalmoscope28272204ophthalmoscope
ichthyology2652165ichth__yology
ophiology1844875op__h__iology
ophthalmia20122805ophthalm___ia
ophthalmias21132645ophthalm__ias
ophthalmic22123015ophthalm___ic
ophthalmoscopes29312035ophthalmoscopes
ophthalmoscopic3181465ophthalmoscopic
paleology1556345_p___aleology
pathobiology2362965_pathobiology
pathology1846935_path___ology
philology1845295_p__hil_ology
phraseology2052795_ph_raseology

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit124790188.93613964.9
3Display Results18180.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691189.35919093.0
 
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