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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 “goatee” 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.

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
goatee7321953(None) 
coatee84327221coatee
goateed9307061goateed
goatees82710441goatees
boated94221972boated
boatel84314092boatel
boater84622092boater
bootee84323022bootee
coated94927042coated
coatees93816552coatees
coater84329572coater
doated84118182doated
gate55746572g_at_e
gated75329772g_ated
gater64533652g_ater
gates65939512g_ates
giftee103512082giftee
gloated93511532gloated
gloater83711012gloater
goaded94913712goaded
goaled85014362goaled
goalie7413162goalie
goat56250832goat__
goats65527302goat_s
goiter74116202goiter
goitre7349002goitre
gotten73410112gotten
grantee83217132grantee
grate64932882grat_e
grated84523922grated
grater74625442grater
grates75429892grates
loathe94211382loathe
moated94819002moated
oaten55222402_oaten
oater55433732_oater

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.58031996.5
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691362.91961216.5
 
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