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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 “metallics” 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.

48 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
metallics134613(None) 
metallic1247641metallic_
bimetallics1751962bimetallics
medallic1345112medallic_
metallike1555892metallike
metalline1158732metalline
metalling1249592metalling
metallist1159672metallist
metallists1266712metallists
metallize2067152metallize
metallizes2156682metallizes
metalloids1344862metalloids
retallies939372retallies
antalgics1245173antalgics
bimetallic1652203bimetallic_
italics936993_ita_lics
mealies92821933me_a_lies
mealless10288363me_alless
medalling1346923medalling
medallion1244073medallion
medallions1343263medallions
medallist1246643medallist
medallists1344363medallists
melanics1237733mela_nics
metabolic1545323metabolic_
metaethics1753143metaethics
metaling111613723meta_ling
metalise10416053meta_lise
metalises11315073metalises
metalist10519353meta_list
metalists11412663metalists
metalize19414783meta_lize
metalizes20414243metalizes
metalled1148993metall_ed
metallized2265583metallized
metalloid1246203metalloid
metals84520883meta_l__s
metazoic2145433metazoic_
methylic1846013methylic_
metralgias1353613metralgias
metrics11312363met__rics
misallies1148383misallies
petallike1554633petallike
retallied1046783retallied
tallies73624603__tallies
tallis63319963__talli_s
tallits73215993__tallits
tetanics10127373teta_nics

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641487.00021234.4
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.43624030.5
 
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