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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 “epidemiologist” 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.

43 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
epidemiologist206276(None) 
epidemiologists2162491epidemiologists
epidemiologic2162002epidemiologi_c
epidemiologies2062292epidemiologies
epidemiological23172603epidemiological
epidemiology2161963epidemiolog__y
epistemologist1972513epistem_ologist
ecclesiologist1962604ecclesiologist
epistemologists2072124epistem_ologists
ideologist1248534__ide__ologist
semiologist14410714___semiologist
audiologist1347245_aud__iologist
bacteriologist1963705bacteriologist
cardiologist1656625card__iologist
criminologist1863645cri__minologist
demonologist1657055___demonologist
ecclesiologists2062355ecclesiologists
entomologist1556975e_ntom_ologist
enzymologist2753835e_nzym_ologist
epistemologies1962035epistem_ologies
etymologist17158025e__tym_ologist
exobiologist2256205e__xobiologist
gemmologist1746545___gemmologist
gemologist141010285___gem_ologist
ideologists1346655__ide__ologists
iridologist1345795irid___ologist
limnologist1446685_li__mnologist
paleobiologist19156345_paleobiologist
pedologist14410865_p__e_dologist
penologist13412845_p__e_nologist
petrologist14711885_p__etrologist
phrenologist1857915_phre_nologist
physiologist21157325_p_hysiologist
pomologist15412045_p__om_ologist
psephologist2056605_p_sephologist
pteridologist17144605_p_teridologist
radiobiologist18154685radiobiologist
radiologist1399505_rad__iologist
sedimentologist1992115sedimentologist
seismologist15125275sei_sm_ologist
semiologists1548225___semiologists
speleologist1555745sp__eleologist
victimologist2162625_victimologist

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024436.21615287.0
3Display Results43430.0331303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691436.60927037.5
 
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