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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 “metencephalic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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
metencephalic247281(None) 
mesencephalic2472591mesencephalic
metencephala2172432metencephal_a
metencephalon2272402metencephalon
myelencephalic2882032myelencephalic
telencephalic2272732telencephalic
anencephalic2163033_anencephalic
diencephalic2262813_diencephalic
mesencephala2172403mesencephal_a
mesencephalon2272283mesencephalon
metanephric2062664metan_eph_ric
microcephalic2363634microcephalic
myelencephala2591724myelencephal_a
myelencephalon2681604myelencephalon
prosencephalic2571894prosencephalic
rhinencephalic2681994rhinencephalic
telencephala1972494telencephal_a
telencephalon2072204telencephalon
acephalic1844935____acephalic
anencephalies20112915_anencephalies
anencephaly2162405_anencephal_y
cephalic1777905_____cephalic
diencephala1962455_diencephal_a
diencephalon2072485_diencephalon
encephala1653885___encephal_a
encephalitic2163375___encephalitic
encephalon1753685___encephalon
enkephalin1973005___enkephalin
hydrocephalic2963095hydrocephalic
leptocephali2171975leptocephali_
melancholic2082565melanc__holic
mesonephric2062085meson_eph_ric
metanephroi1861765metan_ephroi_
microcephalics2482955microcephalics
procephalic2253845__procephalic

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790358.59614517.2
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691358.99919856.8
 
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