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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 “legate” 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.

75 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
legate7291745(None) 
legated92513981legated
legatee82814631legatee
legates82917681legates
legato72810951legato
ligate72519251ligate
negate72915571negate
ablegate1147252ablegate
aerate64830552aerate
agate66525152_agate
begat86629722begat_
begaze1838332begaze
berate84729022berate
cerate84829462cerate
debate94419192debate
degage92711382degage
degame102713182degame
delate73827752delate
delegate10410462delegate
derate74531232derate
elate55335882_elate
elevate101110372elevate
eluate62315432eluate
enate54428152_enate
ergate7315142ergate
gate55746572__gate
gelate73421262gelate
ingate73018242ingate
jugate14379462jugate
lanate6421262lanate
late47560482l__ate
league758742league
lease55230262le_ase
leave84723722le_ave
legacy1256652legacy
legal65715942lega_l
legals73412732legals
legatees9258432legatees
legatine91311402legatine
legator83011132legator
legatos82711182legatos
legit61323502legit_
legits71313002legits
legume936912legume
lenite6719982lenite
levigate1246622levigate
ligase7259912ligase
ligated92414142ligated
ligates82318382ligates
lobate82915242lobate
locate83919842locate
lunate6316042lunate
luxate1338082luxate
lyrate94112102lyrate
lysate9388102lysate
metate82720532metate
negated93413232negated
negater83711962negater
negates83215842negates
oleate6318882ole_ate
pedate93117762pedate
rebate84424112rebate
redate74124682redate
regale74821452regale
regave104713382regave
regrate82618662regrate
relate64033632relate
relegate9311242relegate
remate84428682remate
rugate75813812rugate
sedate73019812sedate
senate63725172senate
togate74515682togate
vegete1039482vegete
velate93720142velate

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551752.62631436.0
3Display Results75750.0135769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691752.98259923.2
 
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