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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 “methylates” 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.

30 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
methylates184548(None) 
ethylates1545941_ethylates
methylases1844271methylases
methylate1745681methylate_
methylated1944351methylated
ethylate1446222_ethylate_
ethylated1644652_ethylated
methylals1743682methyla_ls
methylase1744242methylase_
methylator1853302methylator
methylators1953302methylators
methylenes1854602methylenes
acetylates1543853acet_ylates
butylates1444713but_ylates
ethylenes1544223_ethylenes
etiolates949213_etiolates
mentholated1752873mentholated
metates92720013met___ates
methacrylates2361523methacrylates
methanes133812163meth__anes
methylal1644273methyla__l
methylamines2253653methylamines
methylating2054463methylating
methylation1954423methylation
methylations2053693methylations
methylene1754773methylene_
methyls1535453methyl___s
metricates1449123metricates
mutilates11310953mut_ilates
phthalates1853993phthalates

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.42321890.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.84526105.3
 
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