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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 “covariate” 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.

33 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
covariate144621(None) 
covariates1545781covariates
bivariate1445302bivariate
covariance1753942covariance
covariant1447862covariant
variate101316432__variate
carate84734003c__ar_ate
carinate103320243c__arinate
coarctate1344823co_arctate
cocreate122611813co_create
contrite10318543contri_te
cordate10315223co__rdate
covariances1853733covariances
covariation1646773covariation
covaried1448003covari_ed
covaries13413253covari_es
coverage1438733cover_age
cowrite123612683co_wri_te
craniate10312563c_raniate
divaricate1644273divaricate
noviciate1444423noviciate
novitiate1244223novitiate
ovarial1037613_ovaria_l
ovarian1037643_ovaria_n
ovariole1144923_ovariole
overate10620963_over_ate
overhate14312793_overhate
overlate11716283_overlate
overrate11615693_overrate
univariate1354123univariate
variated121211393__variated
variates111214983__variates
vicariate1476353vicariate

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 Filter1786911486410.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit148641336.75322011.1
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691337.23624694.7
 
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