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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 “locater” 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.

32 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
locater9311360(None) 
locate83919841locate_
located103114181located
locaters102710071locaters
locates93218811locates
locator93110421locator
bloater94013422blo_ater
boater84622092bo_ater
cater74840722__cater
coater84329572co_ater
floater104413352flo_ater
gloater83711012glo_ater
later54843922l__ater
loader74316312lo_ader
loafer93610942lo_afer
loaner64416502lo_aner
loather103711002lo_ather
lobate82915242lobate_
lobated102610942lobated
lobster9288852lobster
locale83915652locale_
locales93715092locales
locators102910432locators
locker124019422loc_ker
lofter94614722lo_fter
loiter64619172lo_iter
looter64222322lo_oter
lotter64025602lo_tter
loyaler1035082loyaler
oater55433732_o_ater
placater1238012placater
socager10107702socager

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 Filter1786911076710.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit107671323.29632667.2
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.73647829.5
 
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