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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 “iterate” 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
iterate7111911(None) 
iterated91213821iterated
iterates81317821iterates
literate81216891literate
acerate92818912acerate
aerate64830552_aerate
aliterate91611342aliterate
berate84729022_berate
cerate84829462_cerate
citrate92216802cit_rate
derate74531232_derate
ideate7313682ide_ate
ingrate8715122ingrate
integrate10911152integrate
interage9314492interage
irate55627982i__rate
iterance1049522iterance
iterant7317782iterant
iterative12410712iterative
itinerate9116252itinerate
liberate101113382liberate
literates91415652literates
literati81210802literati
nitrate72017012nit_rate
operate9615732operate
overate10620962overate
reiterate9412932reiterate
stearate839722stearate
terete6319332_terete
ternate7415482_ternate
titrate72215572titrate

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671312.98336094.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.37552945.5
 
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