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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 “garbology” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
garbology164439(None) 
agrology1336022agr_ology
areology1237382_areology
carpology1775452carpology
herbology1845422herbology
karyology2043822karyology
sarcology1545542sarcology
acarology1544803acar_ology
aerology1238743_aerology
algology1345273_algology
apiology1436563_apiology
apology1337913_a_pology
axiology1935433_axiology
bryology1744513_bryology
cardiology1744403cardiology
garbagy1444243garb__agy
garbologies1544883garbologies
gemmology1843953gemmology
gemology1546163g_emology
geology12257323g__eology
glaciology1753043glaciology
graphology2053443graphology
hagiology1744513hagiology
haplology1843973haplology
horology1548123hor_ology
orology11319463_or_ology
paleology1556353paleology
pathology1846943pathology
pyrology17136823pyr_ology
radiology1446333radiology
serology1238143ser_ology
symbology2044283symbology
tautology1344993tautology
tribology1545123tribology
uranology1344893uranology
urology11217583_ur_ology
virology1545843vir_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 Filter1786911486410.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit148641379.14316257.4
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691379.62218571.1
 
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