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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 “metabolize” 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.

29 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
metabolize236495(None) 
metabolite1446021metabolite
metabolized2553911metabolized
metabolizes2454661metabolizes
catabolize23194972catabolize
metabolic1545322metaboli_c
metabolism1654892metabolism
metabolites1555052metabolites
metalize19414782meta__lize
metallize2067152meta_llize
catabolite14125893catabolite
catabolized25113903catabolized
catabolizes24164423catabolizes
destabilize2364593destabilize
diabolize2195003_diabolize
metabolisms1754243metabolisms
metabolizable2881143metabolizable
metabolizing2653863metabolizing
metalise10416053meta__lise
metalized21412183meta__lized
metalizes20414243meta__lizes
metallike1555893meta_llike
metalline1158733meta_lline
metallized2265583meta_llized
metallizes2156683meta_llizes
methodize2445713met_hodize
restabilize2265343restabilize
stabilize20116563_stabilize
unmetabolized2761393unmetabolized

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603295.76624384.8
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691296.18528891.0
 
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