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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 “methodologists” 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.

35 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
methodologists215347(None) 
methodologist2054311methodologist_
meteorologists1754182meteorologists
methodologies2053482methodologi_es
ethnologists1647043_eth_nologists
ethologists1549023_eth__ologists
meteorologist1654873meteorologist_
methodological2353303methodological
metrologists1588833met__rologists
mythologists2146893myth__ologists
anthologists1648034anth__ologists
anthropologists2183414anthropologists
cetologists1449164cet___ologists
demonologists1755564de_monologists
entomologists1655664_entomologists
ethnologist1549264_eth_nologist_
ethologist14411894_eth__ologist_
etymologists18156494_et_ymologists
fetologists1547994fet___ologists
geohydrologists2461524geohydrologists
horologists1548964___horologists
meteorologies1653584meteorologi_es
methodists1644974method____ists
methodology2183194methodolog___y
metrologist14511224met__rologist_
monologists14410074m___onologists
mythologist2058994myth__ologist_
nephrologists1954984neph_rologists
pathologists1848374path__ologists
pedologists1548274pe___dologists
petrologists1559144pet__rologists
phonologists1848774__phonologists
pteridologists18133724pteridologists
technologists19125704tech_nologists
topologists1447864__t_opologists

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit65874353.64018097.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.76347486.3
 
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