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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 “maculate” 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.

35 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
maculate12281562(None) 
jaculate172311781jaculate
maculae113412861macula_e
maculated142411501maculated
maculates132013721maculates
acuate8315632_acu_ate
aculeate1039922_aculeate
acylate12310532_acylate
adulate8313232_adulate
ambulate1239732ambulate
calculate1389872calculate
canulate10314552canulate
ejaculate18187162ejaculate
emasculate1445552emasculate
fabulate1339202fabulate
faculae123210352facula_e
hamulate1359012hamulate
immaculate1653502immaculate
jaculated19289052jaculated
jaculates182810362jaculates
lacunate10128962lacunate
loculate101011402loculate
macerate122314072macerate
macula103013672macula__
macular113011942macula_r
maculas113114022macula_s
macule104115272macul__e
malate84624552ma__late
maturate10312612maturate
modulate1138592modulate
osculate101010612osculate
peculate122414672peculate
sacculate1349022sacculate
tabulate10310892tabulate
vacuolate1445222vacuolate

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059353.25337214.6
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.65648876.1
 
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