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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forfiliate” 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.

26 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
filiate1041423(None) 
ciliate9514601ciliate
filiated12610081filiated
filiates11412661filiates
foliate10513531foliate
affiliate1545322affiliate
ciliated11510952ciliated
ciliates10413452ciliates
dilate73220692dil_ate
falcate12311612falcate
fellate10313432fellate
filial93013252filia_l
filister1137402filister
filtrate1148222filtrate
finite9316822fini_te
fissate103010032fissate
fixate1638732fi_xate
flite85424962f_li_te
folate93320392fol_ate
foliage1147532foliage
foliated1249912foliated
foliates11412752foliates
militate10311672militate
pileate93815922pileate
silicate10312622silicate
vitiate103412952vitiate

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 Limit107671263.37331921.4
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.51550836.7