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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 “medicates” 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.

31 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
medicates1431211(None) 
dedicates13311691dedicates
mediates112814061medi_ates
medicares1446871medicares
medicate13513241medicate_
medicated15410071medicated
meditates1239811meditates
abdicates1448152abdicates
dedicate12312802dedicate_
dedicated14310252dedicated
dedicatee13410342dedicatee
dedicatees1445312dedicatees
delicates12314312delicates
educates1139622_educates
indicates12312582indicates
mediacies1447182mediacies
mediate103415212medi_ate_
mediated123011872medi_ated
medicaids1544002medicaids
medicals1349362medica_ls
medicants1466782medicants
medicare1347482medicare_
medicides1556582medicides
medicines1447902medicines
meditate11310622meditate_
meditated1348082meditated
metricates1449112metricates
predicates15410822predicates
radicates12412072radicates
redictates1348232redictates
vesicates14119032vesicates

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121436313.78332100.4
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.20242525.2
 
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