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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 “urethane” 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.

43 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
urethane114543(None) 
urethan1045471urethan_
urethanes1245161urethanes
urethans1145241urethans
ethane94613242__ethane
methane123211792_methane
urethrae1174282urethrae
bethank1666273_bethank
brechan1437223brechan_
brechans1547423brechans
brethren1343783brethren
cetane8315283_cet_ane
cretonne1044363cretonne
curettage1242353curettage
ethanes103713513__ethanes
ethene93312923__ethene
ethyne12407153__ethyne
freehand1574993freehand
methanes133812163_methanes
preshape1537533preshape
pretape113511623pret_ape
recane83022873_re_cane
rechange1458183_rechange
rehang1039823_re_hang
reshape1249043_reshape
reshave1338603_reshave
reshine102816943_reshine
reshone102414163_reshone
retake104718533_ret_ake
retape83917683_ret_ape
retene69224273_ret_ene
rethink1488883_rethink
retinae75517333_retinae
retine66237333_ret_ine
retrace91417343_retrace
retune69121953_ret_une
thane86122533___thane
trephine1338933trephine
urbane82211383ur__bane
urease64516993ure__ase
urethra1064153ureth_ra
urethral1154633urethral
urethras1174613urethras

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162437.56319325.9
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691438.01522294.6
 
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