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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 “ethylene” 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
ethylene144423(None) 
ethylenes1544221ethylenes
methylene1754771methylene
ethene93312922eth__ene
ethylate1446222ethylate
ethylenic1753122ethylenic
ethyne12407152ethy__ne
methylenes1854602methylenes
terylene1144152terylene
acetylene1452693acet_ylene
amylene12106883_amylene
athlete1068083ath_lete
butylene1344403butylene
enthymeme1951633enthymeme
ethane94613243eth__ane
ethenes103313873eth__enes
ethyl1136513ethyl___
ethylated1644653ethylated
ethylates1545943ethylates
ethylic1546323ethyl_ic
ethyls1235903ethyl__s
ethynes13377573ethyne_s
exhalent1865573exhalent
methylase1744243methylase
methylate1745683methylate
stelene7310253st_elene
styrene10116693st_yrene
terylenes1244933terylenes
thymine1536643_thymine
xylene1645793__xylene

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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162307.45319611.2
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.93622516.5
 
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