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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 “photobiological” 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.

22 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
photobiological256445(None) 
photobiologic2365202photobiologic__
photogeological2463102photogeological
paleobiological2264733paleobiological
photobiologies2265153photobiologi_es
photobiologist2266223photobiologi_st
photobiologists2365173photobiologists
aerobiological1955134_aerobiological
cryobiological2463924_cryobiological
exobiological2554724__exobiological
hydrobiological2763584hydrobiological
microbiological2464374microbiological
neurobiological20123924neurobiological
nonbiological1855264_no_nbiological
phonological2058374ph__o_nological
photobiology2384014photobiolog___y
photogeologic2263734photogeologic__
physiological2455574ph__ysiological
prebiological2055974p__rebiological
radiobiological2163344radiobiological
sociobiological2273514sociobiological
soteriological1763894_soteriological

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit43548222.14020349.5
3Display Results22220.0131692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691222.76364672.8
 
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