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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 “late” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

40 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
late4756048(None) 
alate55340321alate
ate37059241_ate
bate66552421bate
blate75933781blate
cate66254591cate
date56443321date
elate55335881elate
fate75444281fate
gate55746571gate
hate78450171hate
lace66848471lace
lade56345981lade
lake85741601lake
lame66849291lame
lane45153321lane
lase46148511lase
lat37593401lat_
lated65240671lated
laten54328341laten
later54843921later
latex124717111latex
lath76640381lath
lathe85626711lathe
lati46438271lati
latke94817091latke
lats45962701lats
latte55426301latte
latu47934181latu
lave75642141lave
laze136235051laze
lite47054541lite
lute46341011lute
mate65154211mate
pate65350461pate
plate74635111plate
rate45458761rate
sate45556101sate
slate55438281slate
tate44748601tate

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983400.25055932.0
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691400.313570897.8
 
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