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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fordesperate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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83 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
desperate1241084(None) 
asperate10312372_asperate
deaerate9314172de_aerate
depurate1139982de_purate
desecrate1249082desecrate
desiderate1246272desiderate
desperado1383232desperado
desperately1753732desperately
despumate1443522despumate
deuterate1049512deuterate
disparate1249052disparate
reoperate11410182reoperate
temperate1348512temperate
asperated1239313_asperated
asperates11312553_asperates
aspirate1039943_aspirate
cooperate13710143cooperate
deaerated11311113de_aerated
deaerates10313633de_aerates
decelerate1347503decelerate
decorate11315193de_corate
defecate1438793de_fecate
degenerate1246833degenerate
dehydrate1744863dehydrate
delegate10410463de_legate
deliberate1347123deliberate
denervate1346173de_nervate
denigrate1168693denigrate
denitrate10810533denitrate
depauperate1652063depauperate
depilate11311703de_pilate
deprave1337073de_p_rave
deprecate1477433deprecate
depredate1345723depredate
depurated1338183de_purated
depurates1239813de_purates
derate74531233d___erate
desecrated1447953desecrated
desecrater1346983desecrater
desecrates1348833desecrates
desert72725493des_er_t_
deserted101012203des_er_ted
deserter91211603des_er_ter
deserts82513053des_er_ts
deserve11108703des_er_ve
desiccate1445923desiccate
desiderata1252733desiderata
desiderated1444943desiderated
desiderates1345813desiderates
designate1147113designate
desolate9411993des_olate
desperadoes1582583desperadoes
desperados1472983desperados
desperation14510113desperation
despite10410123desp__ite
despumated1643193despumated
despumates1543543despumates
dessert82916453desser_t_
desserts9247923desser_ts
deuterated1247533deuterated
deuterates1149083deuterates
disparage1346203disparage
disperse111011353disper_se
disrate81418523dis__rate
dissertate1145983dissertate
emeerate10410103_emeerate
esperance1346683_esperance
esterase849483_esterase
exasperate1954023exasperate
federate12310883fe_derate
generate9312903ge_nerate
operate9615733__operate
perpetrate1476643perpetrate
recuperate1445933recuperate
reiterate9412933reiterate
reoperated1348153reoperated
reoperates1249653reoperates
separate10310783se_parate
tesselate944183tesselate
tesserae844793tessera_e
venerate11312903ve_nerate
vesperal1344883vespera_l
vesperals1443933vesperals

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641837.40620070.3
3Display Results83830.0461804.3
 (SQL Overall)178691837.62523434.9