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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 “devastates” 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.

35 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
devastates144466(None) 
devastate1344951devastate_
devastated1544121devastated
devaluates14266062devaluates
devastator1453142devastator
devastators1552922devastators
deaerates10313643de_aerates
dealates92716683de_a_lates
decapitates1655643decapitates
decussates1343243decussates
defalcates1644543defalcates
delectates1348193delectates
demarcates1545973demarcates
devaluate13226363devaluate_
devaluated15265493devaluated
devastating1644703devastating
devastation1546733devastation
devastations1645823devastations
devastative1853433devastative
deviates12312733dev__iates
diastases1047073d_iastases
divagates1444733diva_gates
downstates1444343downstates
elastases946113_elastases
estates74520183_e__states
evacuates14256803_evacuates
evaluates12247353_evaluates
gestates93213733ge__states
levitates1247863lev_itates
metastases1244543metastases
overstates131110113overstates
reinstates1048293reinstates
restates83423433re__states
revaluates13246793revaluates
testates83615453te__states

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603356.47021731.5
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.91925826.1
 
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