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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 “ethanol” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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59 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
ethanol104459(None) 
ethanols1144331ethanols
methanol1344641methanol
espanol943782espanol
ethane94613242ethan_e
ethanes103713512ethanes
ethinyl1343432ethinyl
ethnos947052eth_nos
ethynyl1642122ethynyl
methanols1444872methanols
stanol6310722st_anol
bethank1666273bethan_k
bethanks1765313bethanks
butanol945433butanol
empanel1145963empanel
enhalo987563enhalo_
enhalos1087533enhalos
enhance1239693enhance
enol45823823e___nol
etalon648973et_alon
etchant1249823etchan_t
etchants1346023etchants
eternal72910893eternal
ethene93312923ethen_e
ethenes103313873ethenes
ethical1238443ethical
ethinyls1442873ethinyls
ethion938813eth_ion
ethions1038483ethions
ethnic1148853eth_nic
ethos85514193eth__os
ethoxyl2042353ethoxyl
ethyl1136513eth__yl
ethyne12407153ethyn_e
ethynes13377573ethynes
ethynyls1741873ethynyls
eugenol844623eugenol
lethal939803letha__l
mestranol1143893mestranol
methadon1444523methadon
methane123211793methan_e
methanes133812163methanes
metrazol1943513metrazol
octanol944743octanol
pentanol1046173pentanol
phenol1149253_phenol
retinol7469693ret_inol
stanols739733st_anols
taxol124011363_t_axol
tetanal738023tetanal
than76128773_than__
thane86122533_than_e
thanes94918983_thanes
thank125817803_than_k
thanks134313133_thanks
thenal92712423_thenal
thiazol1942623_thiazol
thiol87616043_th_iol
thymol1434463_thymol

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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027596.56320421.6
3Display Results59590.0134538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691596.96625651.9
 
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