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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 “melanoblast” 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.

27 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
melanoblast155316(None) 
melanoblasts1662691melanoblasts
megaloblast1662842megaloblast
ameloblast1463213amel__oblast
megaloblasts1762293megaloblasts
melanomas1345133melano_mas_
mesoblast1345173me__soblast
myeloblast1753243myel__oblast
xenoblast1854453xe__noblast
ameloblasts15162624amel__oblasts
ectoblast1344994_e_ctoblast
endoblast1245684_e_ndoblast
entoblast1146134_e_ntoblast
megaloblastic2062134megaloblastic
melanist10313054melan___ist
melanoids1245554melano_ids_
melanoma1244874melano_ma__
melanomata1453614melano_mata
melanoses1147294melano_ses_
melanosis1145574melano_sis_
melanous1048604melano__us_
mesoblasts1453984me__soblasts
myeloblasts1852714myel__oblasts
myoblast1545244m___yoblast
sandblast1255654__sandblast
statoblast1254134_statoblast
xenoblasts1953564xe__noblasts

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819278.92316678.1
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691279.34619119.5
 
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