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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 “volcanologist” 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.

25 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
volcanologist199316(None) 
volcanologists20122761volcanologists
vulcanologist1982701vulcanologist
volcanologic2061592volcanologi_c
volcanologies1952342volcanologies
vulcanologists2092302vulcanologists
oceanologist1555683_oceanologist
volcanological2262223volcanological
volcanology2052163volcanolog__y
vulcanologies1951993vulcanologies
campanologist2053384campanologist
conchologist2055814conc_hologist
escapologist1754484_escapologist
glaciologist1654894_glaciologist
limnologist1446684__limnologist
malacologist1755634mal_acologist
monologist13413614mo___nologist
oceanologists1654304_oceanologists
oncologist13410414_onc__ologist
palynologist1856304pal_ynologist
selenologist1357004sel_enologist
sociologist1449884so_c_iologist
technologist18137404_technologist
urbanologist1554044_urbanologist
vulcanology2051814vulcanolog__y

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024254.67320334.7
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.03235510.9
 
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