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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 “ideate” 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.

31 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
ideate731368(None) 
ideated9310971ideated
ideates8313731ideates
adnate72913482adnate
create85126382create
date56443322_d_ate
death94822522_death
deave95022332_deave
debate94419192_debate
delate73827752_delate
derate74531232_derate
dilate73220692dilate
idea59122772idea__
ideal65716392idea_l
ideals75012502ideals
ideas65919012idea_s
ideative1238572ideative
ingate73018242ingate
inmate82917362inmate
innate63917312innate
iodate7313502iodate
irate55627982i_rate
iterate71119112iterate
lineate7815152lineate
nidate7313782nid_ate
oleate6318882oleate
pedate93117762pedate
pileate93815922pileate
redate74124682redate
sedate73019812sedate
vidette1167542vidette

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.12338884.1
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691312.48571907.8
 
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