Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “malate” 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.

86 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
malate8462455(None) 
alate55340321_alate
malates93522601malates
maleate94117541maleate
palate84226781palate
abate76627842_abate
ablate82219212ablate
agate66525152_agate
alae45643752_ala_e
alane56135612_alane
alated75625142_alated
alates64833962_alates
balata8614672balata
blate75933782_blate
carate84734002carate
dealate83617842dealate
delate73827752delate
dilate73220692dilate
elate55335882_elate
emanate9312472emanate
emulate9314122emulate
falcate12311612falcate
folate93320392folate
galatea839952galatea
galeate83916782galeate
gallate83417122gallate
gelate73421252gelate
halite93624232halite
hamate113319832hamate
imamate1138102imamate
karate105320922karate
lanate6421262lanate
late47560482__late
maculate122815622maculate
madame1139852madame
magnate10512702magnate
malady1237862malady
malaise9312672malaise
malamute1245892malamute
malar76424442mala_r
malars85020682malars
male66052302mal__e
maleates103316342maleates
malgre9299302malgre
malice104818482malice
maline84529082maline
mallee84525592mallee
mallet84433052mallet
maloti8313212maloti
malt66254812mal_t_
maltase938902maltase
malted94819862mal_ted
malts76331752mal_ts
malty106721702mal_ty
mammate104411272mammate
manage93818902manage
manat76039992manat_
manatee9317662manatee
manats84623462manats
mandate10315572mandate
marlite92917072marlite
mate65154222m__ate
matte75626842ma_tte
metate82720532metate
milage93414122milage
misate81222692misate
mutate83017482mutate
oblate82214742oblate
oxalate1457622oxalate
palace104516912palace
palates93624932palates
paleate94120002paleate
palmate113215232palmate
palpate113213922palpate
plate74635112_plate
ramate83921682ramate
relate64033632relate
salute64418022salute
savate9313782savate
slate55438282_slate
solate64526072solate
vacate11314552vacate
vallate103016562vallate
valuate102512732valuate
valvate133710812valvate
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 Limit82551862.64331233.8
3Display Results86860.0302866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691863.01659247.7
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.