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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 “metatheses” 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.

24 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
metatheses154447(None) 
metathesis1544151metathesis
megatheres1644852megatheres
metaphases1745052metaphases
antitheses1345173antitheses
diatheses1345893_diatheses
empathises17104053empathises
estheses1137783_e_stheses
meatheads1545963me_atheads
meatless103410863me_atles_s
meatuses1038203me_at_uses
megathere1544733megathere_
mentaleses1245953menta_leses
menthenes1447703me_nthenes
metageneses14125193metageneses
metalheads1652793metalheads
metalises11315073meta_lises
metameres1347453meta_meres
metaphase1644953metaphase_
metaphrases1853943metaphrases
metastases1244543metastases
metatarsus1252323metatarsus
metates92720013metat___es
metathetic1755163metathetic

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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603246.83020586.1
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691246.99925530.9
 
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