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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 “metalloid” 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.

36 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
metalloid124620(None) 
metalloids1344861metalloids
metalled1148992metall_ed
metallic1247642metall_ic
metalloidal1452782metalloidal
petaloid1148752peta_loid
coralloid1244623coralloid
hexaploid22103843hexaploid
medalled1246893medall_ed
medallic1345113medall_ic
medallion1244073medallion
melanoid1147123mela_noid
meloid9616003me___loid
metabolic1545323metabolic
metaled102913883meta_l_ed
metalhead1543213metalhead
metalised12310463metalised
metalized21412183metalized
metallics1346133metallics
metallike1555893metallike
metalline1158733metalline
metalling1249593metalling
metallist1159673metallist
metallize2067153metallize
metallized2265583metallized
metalwork1843403metalwork
metazoic2145433meta_zoic
meteoroid1245113meteoroid
pentaploid1553473pentaploid
petalled1138713petall_ed
retallied1046783retallied
sepaloid1146763sepa_loid
tabloid1048263__tabloid
tetanoid947203teta_noid
tetraploid1354213tetraploid
thalloid1246283_thalloid

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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641367.17320722.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.59223536.7
 
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