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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 “ornithology” 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.

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
ornithology188234(None) 
ornithologic1862012ornithologic
anthology1646793_an_thology
lithology1645443__lithology
ontology12267583o_n_t_ology
orismology1652893or_ismology
ornithologies1752733ornithologies
ornithologist1753323ornithologist
ornithopod16111853ornithopo_d
ornithopods17131943ornithopods
trichology1944843tr_ichology
conchology2153734con_chology
craniology1644214crani__ology
cryptology21134504crypt_ology
ethology1547254___ethology
graphology2053444gr_aphology
iridology1443804ir_i_dology
morphology2144214mor__phology
mythology2145784__mythology
nephology1865964__nephology
oenology12227824oen___ology
oinology12196704o__i_nology
oncology14216974o_n__cology
ophiology1844874ophi__ology
organology1553454or_ganology
ornithoid1352974ornith__oid
ornithological2082454ornithological
ornithologists1852594ornithologists
ornithopter1661774ornithopter
ornithoses13102734ornitho_ses
ornithosis1392314ornitho_sis
orology11319464or____ology
orthodoxy2352744or__thodoxy
osteology1365764o__steology
otology11308754o___t_ology
pathology1846934__pathology
proctology1845404proct_ology
rhinology1645084_rhi_nology
sitology12256624__sit_ology
tribology1545124tr_i_bology

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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819408.72017066.4
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691409.18619452.5
 
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