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

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

34 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
adulate831323(None) 
adulated1039751adulated
adulates9311911adulates
ablate82219212a_blate
acidulate12256892acidulate
acuate8315632acu_ate
aculeate1039922aculeate
acylate12310532acylate
adnate72913482ad_nate
adulator948592adulator
adult63520652adul_t_
adults7299952adul_ts
aduncate1145572aduncate
alate55340332a__late
alulae6312742alula_e
ambulate1239732ambulate
angulate9312012angulate
annulate8310922annulate
aurate64426472a_urate
canulate10314552canulate
delate73827752_delate
dilate73220692_dilate
educate10310212educate
emulate9314122emulate
fabulate1339202fabulate
hamulate1359012hamulate
jaculate172311782jaculate
maculate122815622maculate
modulate1138592modulate
ovulate1039452ovulate
radulae837962radula_e
tabulate10310892tabulate
ululate749962ululate
undulate9310402undulate

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671343.34632179.0
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.73247880.8
 
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