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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 “deviate” 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.

32 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
deviate1131271(None) 
deviated13311041deviated
deviates12312731deviates
aviate9315202_aviate
dealate83617842dealate
debate94419192de_bate
deciare10710662deciare
decimate13411122decimate
dedicate12312802dedicate
deflate113613942deflate
delate73827752de_late
delicate11315492delicate
dentate8315152dentate
depilate11311702depilate
derate74531232de_rate
derivate12311202derivate
deviance1477082deviance
deviant11311312deviant
deviants1236732deviants
deviative1647722deviative
deviator1248312deviator
device124512162devi_ce
devise104215752devi_se
devisee113812712devisee
devote104513782dev_ote
evite85317682_evi_te
levigate1246622levigate
levirate1147622levirate
levitate1137932levitate
mediate103415212mediate
obviate1235782obviate
seriate73722472seriate

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671323.15634116.3
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.29554231.0
 
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