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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 “metaphorically” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
metaphorically267329(None) 
metaphorical2163522metaphorica_l_
metaphysically2982662metaphysically
anaphorically2353923_anaphorically
euphorically2254613_e_uphorically
metabolically2253263meta_bolically
metamerically2254413meta_merically
metathetically2454123metathetically
meteorically1956813met__eorically
methodically2356153met__hodically
edaphically2254934_edaph__ically
euphonically2254604_e_uphonically
megascopically2661844megascopically
metallically1954104meta__llically
metallurgically2371304metallurgically
metamorphically2972034meta_morphically
metaphoric1955954metaphoric____
metaphysical2462834metaphysica_l_
metastatically2153464metastatically
metrically17411084met____rically
metronomically2354554metronomically
monophonically2663414monophonically
motorically1849434mot___orically
seraphically2256534seraph__ically
telephonically2462464telephonically
xenophobically3362204xenophobically

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit65874263.65618018.1
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.01544505.9
 
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