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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 “pathologists” 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.

36 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
pathologists184837(None) 
pathologist17410661pathologist_
anthologists1648032anthologists
ethologists1549022_ethologists
mythologists2146892mythologists
pathologies1748732pathologi_es
petrologists1559142petrologists
algologists1346143_algologists
anthologist15410463anthologist_
apologists1348883_a_pologists
cetologists1449163cet_ologists
cytologists1748013cyt_ologists
ethnologists1647043_ethnologists
ethologist14411893_ethologist_
fetologists1547993fet_ologists
graphologists20123833graphologists
metrologists1588833metrologists
mythologist2059003mythologist_
ontologists1248903ont_ologists
osteologists1346763osteologists
otologists1149633_ot_ologists
palynologists1954993palynologists
papyrologists2154083papyrologists
pathologic1847433pathologi__c
pathological2047983pathological
pedologists1548273p_edologists
penologists1449593p_enologists
petrologist14711883petrologist_
philologists1876683philologists
phonologists1848773phonologists
phycologists2367133phycologists
pomologists1648983p_omologists
prologists13311173p__rologists
psephologists2155293psephologists
psychologists24127473psychologists
radiologists1497373radiologists

Search took 5 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 Limit95024363.82624836.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.18542698.0
 
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