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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 “methanol” 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.

39 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
methanol134464(None) 
ethanol1044591_ethanol
methanols1444871methanols
ethanols1144332_ethanols
mestranol1143892mestranol
methadon1444522methadon
methane123211792methan_e
methanes133812162methanes
metrazol1943512metrazol
bethank1666273bethan_k
bethanks1765313bethanks
butanol945433but_anol
espanol943783_espanol
ethane94613243_ethan_e
ethanes103713513_ethanes
ethinyl1343433_ethinyl
ethnos947053_eth_nos
ethynyl1642123_ethynyl
lethal939803letha__l
mechanic1747613mechanic
menthol1236733menth__ol
mestranols1243273mestranols
metal75427383met_a__l
metazoa1845543met_azoa
metazoal1944473met_azoal
methadone1544433methadone
methadons1544423methadons
methinks1775193methinks
method1239033meth__od
methoxyl2342743methoxyl
methyl1436403meth__yl
methylal1644273methylal
metol75917813met___ol
metrazols2043573metrazols
octanol944743oct_anol
pentanol1046173pentanol
retinol7469693ret_inol
stanol6310723_st_anol
tetanal738023tet_anal

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162398.00318263.4
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691398.43621182.0
 
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