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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]

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74 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
aphetically2159255___aphetically
calorically1847775__ca_lorically
catabolically2253005cata_bolically
catatonically2054155cata_tonically
categorically21103475cat_egorically
cathodically2355415__cathodically
catholically2256005__catholically
cephalically2453875ce__phalically
delphically2254765de_lph__ically
demagogically2352845dema_gogically
despotically2075895de_sp_otically
empathetically2653475empathetically
empathically2464765empath__ically
emphatically2456435_e_mphatically
empirically2045135_e_mp_irically
epiphytically2853245_epiphytically
ethically1748715_et__h__ically
ethnically1847835_et__h_nically
etiologically1955995_etiologically
geophysically2763225ge_ophysically
graphemically2653755_graphemically
graphically2256225_graph__ically
immethodically2791815immet__hodically
lethargically2272465let__hargically
mechanically2455595me__chanically
meiotically1849775me___iotically
melodically1946635me___lodically
memorially1745655me___mori_ally
mesmerically2154825me__smerically
metathetical1953765metathetica_l_
methodical1845145met__hodica_l_
mitotically1849125mit___otically
morphemically2753825m_orphemically
mutagenically2153025muta_genically
mythically2345845myt__h__ically
mythologically28154955mythologically
nonmetaphorical2481255nonmetaphorica_l_
oratorically1756375_ora_torically
pedagogically2353175peda_gogically
petrologically2256065petrologically
phonically2049025____phonically
photically20411175____photically
polyphonically2962165polyphonically
rhapsodically2461875_rhapsodically
rhetorically2065865rhet___orically
spherically2146945___spherically
symphonically2854135_symphonically
tetanically1648065teta___nically

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024746.94013692.2
3Display Results74740.0461608.7
 (SQL Overall)178691747.34624324.9
 
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