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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 “metazoan” 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.

27 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
metazoan194508(None) 
metazoa1845541metazoa_
metazoal1944471metazoal
metazoans2044471metazoans
metazoon1944051metazoon
menazon1846052menazo_n
mesozoan1943582mesozoan
metazoic2145432metazoic
cetacean1243913cetacean
ectozoan1943393ectozoan
entozoan1744063entozoan
etalon648973_etalo_n
matzoon1896473mat_zoon
meatloaf1343633meatloaf
meatman1137903me_atman
megaron10248303megaro_n
megaton10269853megato_n
melanian1048483melanian
menazons1945733menazons
mesozoans2042873mesozoans
metatag1045053meta_tag
methadon1444523methado_n
metopon11137073metopo_n
metrazol1943513metrazo_l
metrazols2043573metrazols
mycetozoan2661013mycetozoan
parazoan1946553parazoan

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162277.78318779.6
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691278.21921741.2
 
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