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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 “metastasizes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

19 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
metastasizes2315207(None) 
metastasize2292371metastasize_
metastasized24101881metastasized
metastases1244542metastas__es
metastasis1254242metastasi__s
metastasizing2561833metastasizing
ecstasies1145054_e_cstasi_es
elastases946114_elastas__es
epistasies1244394_epistasi_es
eustasies946024_e_ustasi_es
fantasizes2295464__fantasizes
metabolizes2454664meta_bolizes
metalizes20414244me___talizes
metallizes2156684meta__llizes
metaphases1745064metaphas__es
metaplasias1553704metaplasi_as
metastable1444924metasta_ble_
metastatic1455224metastati__c
tantalizes19109944__tantalizes

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790196.94017981.3
3Display Results19190.0131461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691197.34324334.9
 
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