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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 “thanatologists” 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.

30 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
thanatologists185286(None) 
thanatologist1753611thanatologist_
thanatologies1752832thanatologi_es
hematologists19217053_hematologists
neonatologists1584193neonatologists
planetologists1763623planetologists
teratologists1496593t_eratologists
thanatological2062503thanatological
analogists1147314__ana__logists
anthologists1648034__anthologists
climatologists1983284climatologists
deontologists1555924deon_tologists
dermatologists18134924dermatologists
diabetologists18122814diabetologists
ethnologists1647044eth_n__ologists
hematologist18219204_hematologist_
histologists1646294_h_istologists
malacologists1854404_malacologists
narratologists1553214narratologists
nematologists16166604_nematologists
neonatologist14135354neonatologist_
onomatologists1753334onomatologists
ontologists1248904__on_tologists
pharmacologists2573644pharmacologists
phonologists1848774phon__ologists
planetologist1664504planetologist_
primatologists19184354primatologists
rheumatologists2162254rheumatologists
teratologist13108574t_eratologist_
thanatology1852294thanatolog___y

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874303.64018097.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.98244874.7
 
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