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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 “methylate” 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.

33 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
methylate174567(None) 
ethylate1446211_ethylate
methylase1744231methylase
methylated1944341methylated
methylates1845471methylates
ethylated1644642_ethylated
ethylates1545932_ethylates
methylal1644262methyla_l
methylals1743672methylals
methylases1844262methylases
methylator1853292methylator
methylene1754762methylene
acetylate1444213acet_ylate
butylate1345213but_ylate
ethylene1444223_ethylene
etiolate849523_etiolate
mentholated1752863mentholated
metate82720533met___ate
methacrylate2261543methacrylate
methane123211793meth__ane
methyl1436403methyl___
methylamine2154243methylamine
methylating2054453methylating
methylation1954413methylation
methylators1953293methylators
methylenes1854593methylenes
methylic1846003methyl_ic
methyls1535453methyl__s
metricate1349913metricate
mutilate10312273mut_ilate
petiolate1149153petiolate
phthalate1744333phthalate
stylate10179773_st_ylate

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641337.20320636.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.63923391.9
 
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