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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 “herbology” 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.

63 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
herbology184542(None) 
aerology1238742aer_ology
garbology1644392garbology
hierology1655542hier_ology
horology1548122hor_ology
serology1238142ser_ology
aerobiology1753953aerobiology
aetiology1346423aetiology
agrology1336023agr_ology
areology1237383_areology
bryology1744513_bryology
carpology1775453carpology
cetology1477603ce_tology
ecology13218823_e_cology
enology11239813_e_nology
ethology1547253_ethology
etiology1236443_etiology
fetology1566443fe_tology
gemmology1843953gemmology
gemology1546163ge_mology
geology12257323ge__ology
hagiology1744513hagiology
haplology1843973haplology
hematology1995773hematology
herbivory20141753herbivory
herbologies1746563herbologies
herpetology2053063herpetology
histology1645653histology
homology1738413h_omology
horologe1248363hor_ologe
hydrology2046213hydrology
hymnology21104713hymnology
hypnology21144743hypnology
karyology2043823karyology
menology14218483me_nology
metrology1546803metrology
necrology1546223necrology
neology11238293ne__ology
nephology1865963nephology
neurology1346573neurology
oecology14227273oe_cology
oenology12227823oe_nology
orology11319463_or_ology
pedology15216903pe_dology
penology14238483pe_nology
petrology1547333petrology
phenology1846993phe_nology
phlebology2153463phlebology
phrenology1944893phrenology
pyrology17136823pyr_ology
rheology1545823rhe__ology
sarcology1545543sarcology
semiology1546893semiology
sexology1945443se_xology
stereology1444783stereology
symbology2044283symbology
teleology1345733teleology
teratology1445293teratology
theology1536893the__ology
tribology1545123tribology
urology11217583_ur_ology
venology15226633ve_nology
virology1545843vir_ology

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641637.00321225.3
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691637.46923924.4
 
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