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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 “abdicates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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88 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
abdicates144815(None) 
abdicate1348901abdicate_
abdicated1547011abdicated
abdicator1446262abdicator
abdicators1546262abdicators
dedicates13311692dedicates
fabricates1746462fabricates
indicates12312582indicates
medicates14312112medicates
radicates12412072radicates
abates85825033ab___ates
abdicable1685023abdicable
abdicating1686153abdicating
abdication1548223abdication
abdications1657653abdications
abducentes1552083abducentes
abduces1286243abduc__es
abducted1444093abduc_ted
abductee1344783abduc_tee
abductees1442753abductees
abducts1265313abduc_t_s
ablates92416903ab__lates
ablegates1246793ablegates
abnegates1244943abnegates
abominates1446513abominates
abrogates12108973abrogates
activates1449683activates
addicted1345073addic_ted
addicts1176013addic_t_s
adjudicates2252163adjudicates
adulates9311913a_dulates
advocates1545883advocates
affricates1844613affricates
agitates9310883a_gitates
aguacates1244583aguacates
aldicarbs1442023aldicarbs
alginates10310123alginates
allocates11410473allocates
amirates101114793a_mirates
animates101316423a_nimates
aspirates1139613aspirates
auspicates1444913auspicates
aviates10313063a_vi_ates
badinages13124873badinages
candidates1446303candidates
dedicate12312803dedicate_
dedicated14310253dedicated
dedicatee13410343dedicatee
dedicatees1445313dedicatees
delicates12314313delicates
dictates11311383__dictates
dilates83220663__dilates
educates1139623_educates
eradicates1348263eradicates
fabricate1646833fabricate_
fabricated1845403fabricated
imbricates1645293imbricates
indicate11313353indicate_
indicated13310953indicated
iodinates1048203iodinates
labiates101011513lab_i_ates
loricates11310123loricates
lubricates1446053lubricates
manducates1545593manducates
masticates1449843masticates
mediates112814063medi_ates
medicares1446873medicares
medicate13513243medicate_
medicated15410073medicated
meditates1239813meditates
obligates12207853obligates
obviates1345153obvi_ates
ordinates1049003ordinates
predicates15410823predicates
rabbinates1444513rabbinates
radiates92415293radi_ates
radicate11412873radicate_
radicated13410123radicated
redictates1348233redictates
rubricates1445893rubricates
silicates11311523silicates
sonicates11410383sonicates
suricates11311743suricates
syndicates1644473syndicates
tunicates11268743tunicates
urticates1148893urticates
vesicates14119033vesicates
vindicates1646093vindicates

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641887.93618730.0
3Display Results88880.0332666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691888.42221217.2
 
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