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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 “devastate” 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.

36 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
devastate134495(None) 
devastated1544121devastated
devastates1444661devastates
devaluate13226362devaluate
devastative1853432devastative
devastator1453142devastator
deaerate9314173de_aerate
dealate83617843de_a_late
decapitate1545873decapitate
decussate1243973decussate
defalcate1544923defalcate
delectate1248743delectate
demarcate1446613demarcate
dentate8315153de__ntate
devaluated15265493devaluated
devaluates14266063devaluates
devastating1644703devastating
devastation1546733devastation
devastators1552923devastators
deviate11312713dev__iate
diastase946603d_iastase
dilatate947773dila_tate
divagate1344783diva_gate
downstate1344613downstate
elastase845643_elastase
estate64719763_e__state
evacuate13217303_evacuate
evaluate11287793_evaluate
gestate83614073ge__state
hastate10313913__hastate
levitate1137933lev_itate
overstate121010863overstate
reinstate948893reinstate
restate73824883re__state
revaluate12277103revaluate
testate73916233te__state

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 Filter1786911486410.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit148641367.62619491.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.82522835.9
 
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