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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 “aviate” 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.

37 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
aviate931520(None) 
aviated11310261aviated
aviates10313061aviates
abate76627842a_bate
ablate82219212ablate
acuate8315632acuate
adnate72913482adnate
aerate64830552aerate
agate66525152a_gate
agitate8312062agitate
agnate73314882agnate
alate55340332a_late
amirate91115952amirate
animate91617212animate
ansate64517862ansate
aurate64426472aurate
avian84616052avia_n
avians93711562avians
aviary12338412aviary
aviatic1239242aviatic
aviator10229662aviator
axite125218252axi_te
caviare1238372caviare
cavitate13159832cavitate
deviate11312712deviate
evite85317682evi_te
labiate91313572labiate
navigate1246072navigate
obviate1235782obviate
opiate8513462opiate
ovate84214392ov_ate
radiate83416312radiate
satiate7315402satiate
savate9313782sav_ate
vacate11314552vacate
variate101316432variate
vitae84217632_vitae

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.28036206.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.63967711.6
 
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