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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 “methadon” 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.

29 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
methadon144452(None) 
methadone1544431methadone
methadons1544421methadons
menhaden1444212menhaden
methadones1644162methadones
methanol1344642methanol
beshadow1742303beshadow
celadon1036913ce_ladon
etalon648973_et_alon
ethanol1044593_ethanol
ethion938813_eth_ion
matador1066253mat_ador
meadow1237403me__adow
megaron10248303me_garon
megaton10269853me_gaton
menazon1846053me_nazon
menhadens1543003menhadens
metazoa1845543met_azoa
metazoan1945083met_azoan
metazoon1944053metazoon
methane123211793metha_ne
methanes133812163methanes
methanols1444873methanols
method1239033meth__od
methodic1656923methodic
methods1338893method_s
metopon11137073met_opon
metrazol1943513metrazol
tetragon945273tetragon

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162297.81318707.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.23521699.0
 
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