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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 “activate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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113 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
activate1351037(None) 
activated1567881activated
activates1449681activates
acervate1336982acervate
activator1446442activator
active11313742activ__e
activity1647582activity
activize2246612activize
actuate9311442act_uate
aestivate12127662aestivate
captivate1645922captivate
deactivate1644622deactivate
estivate111010002estivate
inactivate1545692inactivate
motivate1347692motivate
reactivate1545842reactivate
titivate1146802titivate
abdicate1348903abdicate
acaudate1145973acaudate
acclimate1546233acclimate
accurate12410663accurate
acerate92818913ac_erate
acerbate1247533acerbate
acetate92514753ac_etate
acetylate1444213acetylate
achiote1239213achi_ote
acierate10311813acierate
acrylate1347693acrylate
actinal9312293actina_l
actiniae101810013actiniae
actinide11199213actinide
activating1647853activating
activation15610133activation
activators1545943activators
actively1647063actively
actives12311523activ_es
activism15117083activism
activist13109483activist
activists1497043activists
activities1548903activities
activized2445203activized
activizes2346323activizes
actuated1138743act_uated
actuates10310313act_uates
acuate8315633ac__uate
aculeate1039923aculeate
acuminate1347573acuminate
acylate12310533ac_ylate
aestivated14106293aestivated
aestivates13107363aestivates
agitate8312063a_gitate
agminate1139243agminate
alginate9310693alginate
amirate91115953a_mirate
animate91617213a_nimate
antedate949693antedate
antidote949723antidote
antifat10314253antifat_
antimale10312463antimale
antiquate1888033antiquate
antirape10410113antirape
antistate9410143antistate
artiste73813693arti_ste
aspirate1039943aspirate
automate10411943automate
aviate9315203a_vi_ate
califate13310483califate
capitate121712183capitate
captivated1844763captivated
captivates1745493captivates
carinate103320243carinate
castigate1247963castigate
catenate10312833catenate
catkinate1545823catkinate
cavitate13159833cavitate
citrate92216803_citrate
clavate1238713_clavate
climate11312833_climate
cultivate1447083cultivate
deactivated1843733deactivated
deactivates1744393deactivates
derivate12311203derivate
echinate1359403echinate
estimate10912003estimate
estivated13108323estivated
estivates12109753estivates
inactivated1744553inactivated
inactivates1645043inactivates
intimate101013833intimate
lactate9312693lact__ate
litigate948303litigate
machinate1647953machinate
masticate13411283masticate
mitigate1148693mitigate
motivated1545963motivated
motivates1447073motivates
mutilate10312273mutilate
nictitate1145403nictitate
passivate1445683passivate
patinate103016313patinate
pectinate1349553pectinate
private121513263_private
reactivated1744973reactivated
reactivates1645613reactivates
salivate11310013salivate
satiate7315403sati_ate
titivated1345443titivated
titivates1246433titivates
tittivate1243403tittivate
ultimate1049203ultimate
urticate1049863urticate
vaccinate1646833vaccinate
vitiate103412953viti_ate

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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit1461621137.34319904.9
3Display Results1131130.0462456.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911137.85922737.1
 
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