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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 “makebates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
makebates174497(None) 
makebate1645061makebate_
macerates132113572macerates
maleates103316342male_ates
abates85825033_a__bates
acerbates1347263_acerbates
acetates102013063_acetates
aerates74627493_a_erates
agemates111110023_agemates
ameerates1149063ameerates
bakelites1545993bakelites
bakewares1845043bakewares
caseates10313713case_ates
casemates1349523casemates
catenates11311813catenates
debates103718533__debates
lacerates112413783lacerates
macerate122314073macerate_
macerated142010533macerated
macerater13259523macerater
maceraters14226633maceraters
maculates132013723maculates
maenades1137473ma_enades
magnates11511613ma_gnates
makeable1637253makeable_
makefasts1841923makefasts
malates93522613ma__lates
maleate94117543male_ate_
malemutes1344453malemutes
mandates11314093ma_ndates
marinates112516393marinates
matelotes1146333matelotes
maturates11311763maturates
metates92720013m__etates
moderates12710753moderates
racemates1348853racemates
rebates95123183__rebates
snakebites1652313snakebites
valerates12310543valerates
yokemates1844193yokemates

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641406.78321913.8
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.21924752.9
 
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