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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 “ethylate” 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.

48 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
ethylate144622(None) 
ethylated1644651ethylated
ethylates1545941ethylates
methylate1745681methylate
ethylene1444232ethylene
etiolate849522etiolate
methylase1744242methylase
methylated1944352methylated
methylates1845482methylates
stylate10179772st_ylate
acetylate1444213acet_ylate
acrylate1347693acrylate
acylate12310533_acylate
alkylate1554663alkylate
apholate13410473apholate
athlete1068083ath_lete
butylate1345213butylate
chelate122914893_chelate
cholate122114933_cholate
echinate1359403echinate
ecthymata1952043ecthymata
elate55335883e___late
emulate9314123e_mulate
endplate1147083endplate
ephorate1359503ephorate
epilate9314283e_pilate
escalate1039323escalate
ethane94613243eth__ane
ethyl1136513ethyl___
ethylating1744783ethylating
ethylenes1544223ethylenes
ethylic1546323ethyl_ic
ethyls1235903ethyl__s
ethyne12407153ethy__ne
etiolated1047073etiolated
etiolates949213etiolates
methylal1644273methyla_l
methylals1743683methylals
methylases1844273methylases
methylator1853303methylator
methylene1754773methylene
petiolate1149153petiolate
phthalate1744333phthalate
phylae14458733_phyla_e
stellate8310503stellate
stylite10219613st_ylite
template1238433template
thecate123210023_thecate

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162486.84621350.0
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691487.27924548.8
 
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