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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 “depilates” 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.

24 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
depilates1231092(None) 
depilate11311701depilate_
depilated1339651depilated
epilates10313501_epilates
dealates92716682de_alates
decimates14410692decimates
dedicates13311692dedicates
defilades14134072defilades
deflates123013942de_flates
delates83526282de__lates
delicates12314312delicates
depilator1247652depilator
depilators1347332depilators
deplanes11311212dep_lanes
depletes112810642dep_letes
depurates1239822depurates
derivates13310092derivates
desolates10311792desolates
deviates12312732devi_ates
dilates83220662d__ilates
epilate9314282_epilate_
epilated11310752_epilated
oppilates1345452oppilates
replates102919272rep_lates

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121436243.78332100.4
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691244.20242525.2
 
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