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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 “thanatology” 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.

44 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
thanatology185229(None) 
hematology1995773_hematology
neonatology1553163neonatology
planetology1752863planetology
tautology1344993t_a_utology
teratology1445293t_eratology
thanatologies1752833thanatologies
thanatologist1753613thanatologist
acarology1544804__acarology
analogy11177854__ana__logy
andrology1444734__andrology
anemology1545214__anemology
angiology1444784__angiology
anthology1646794__anthology
antilogy1248104__an_tilogy
climatology1952384climatology
craniology1644214cran_iology
deontology1544114deon_tology
dermatology1853924dermatology
eschatology2082324eschatology
ethnology1645694eth_n__ology
hagiology1744514_ha_giology
haplology1843974_ha_plology
histology1645654_h_istology
malacology1853884_malacology
narratology1552384narratology
nematology16125204_nematology
onomatology1752944onomatology
ontology12267584__on_tology
pharmacology2563094pharmacology
phenology1846994phen__ology
phonology1847164phon__ology
phytology2146194ph__ytology
primatology1953464primatology
rheumatology2162094rheumatology
rhinology1645084rhin__ology
scatology1545464__scatology
somatology1644924_somatology
thanatological2062504thanatological
thanatologists1852864thanatologists
thanatos1165124thanat__o_s
thanatoses1343544thanato_ses
theology1536894th___eology
uranology1344894uran__ology

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819449.12616307.1
3Display Results44440.0331333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691449.57918654.5
 
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