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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 “methylene” 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.

26 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
methylene175477(None) 
ethylene1444231_ethylene
methylenes1854601methylenes
ethylenes1544222_ethylenes
methylase1744242methylase
methylate1745682methylate
acetylene1452693acet_ylene
butylene1344403but_ylene
ethene93312923_eth__ene
ethylate1446223_ethylate
ethylenic1753123_ethylenic
ethyne12407153_ethy__ne
menthene1347033menth__ene
metalline1158733metalline
methadone1544433methadone
methane123211793meth__ane
methyl1436403methyl___
methylal1644273methyl_al
methylals1743683methylals
methylamine2154253methylamine
methylases1844273methylases
methylated1944353methylated
methylates1845483methylates
methylic1846013methyl_ic
methyls1535453methyl__s
terylene1144153te_rylene

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641267.95318689.9
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.37521336.2
 
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