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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 “karates” 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.

50 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
karates11561747(None) 
carates95630611carates
karate105320921karate_
karats106420491karat_s
abates85825032_abates
aerates74627492aerates
agates76121342_agates
alates64833972_alates
arames84622572_arames
aretes64425352_aretes
barites94322332barites
barytes124611152barytes
berates94126872berates
borates94823012borates
carafes125015712carafes
carate84734002carate_
carats85929022carat_s
cartes86239472car_tes
cerates95428252cerates
crates85736062_crates
curates95323832curates
derates84028892derates
garages9314112garages
garotes8614572garotes
grates75429892_grates
gyrates113610262gyrates
hamates122917682hamates
karaokes1145012karaokes
karat96837602karat__
karateist1345022karateist
karsts106012942karst_s
karts97630112kar_t_s
khanates1535732khanates
korats105416062korat_s
krater104014312k_rater
kraters114212342k_raters
malates93522612malates
narrates8312762narrates
orates64328612_orates
palates93624942palates
parades104121472parades
pirates93020332pirates
prates84633162_prates
rates55352012__rates
sarapes94617752sarapes
savates10312952savates
uprates93814862uprates
urates65027762_urates
vacates12312832vacates
variates111214982variates

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit107671506.36016929.4
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691507.18624866.5
 
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