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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 “decelerate” 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.

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
decelerate134751(None) 
decelerated1545921decelerated
decelerates1446791decelerates
accelerate1444912accelerate
decelerator1453992decelerator
decerebrate1664012decerebrate
degenerate1246832degenerate
accelerated1653943accelerated
accelerates1554443accelerates
celebrate1348083__celebrate
deaerate9314173d__eaerate
decelerating1645593decelerating
deceleration1547173deceleration
decelerators1553493decelerators
deceleron1243843deceler_on
decelerons1343623decelerons
decemvirate1952153decemvirate
decerebrated1853313decerebrated
decerebrates1753593decerebrates
decollate12137743decol_late
decorate11315193dec__orate
degenerated1445743degenerated
degenerates1346453degenerates
delegate10410463d__elegate
deliberate1347123deliberate
desecrate1249083dese_crate
desiderate1246273desiderate
desperate12410843de_sperate
deuterate1049513de_uterate
emeerate10410103_eme_erate
reaccelerate1662133reaccelerate
recuperate1445933recuperate
reelevate1245663re_elevate
regenerate1147963regenerate

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603346.40621948.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.87525991.4
 
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