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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 “negate” 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.

59 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
negate7291557(None) 
legate72917451legate
negated93413231negated
negater83711961negater
negates83215841negates
abnegate1144862abnegate
aerate64830552aerate
agate66525152_agate
begat86629722begat_
begaze1838332begaze
berate84729022berate
cerate84829462cerate
debate94419192debate
degage92711382degage
degame102713182degame
delate73827752delate
derate74531232derate
elate55335882_elate
enate54428152_enate
engage82812102engage
ergate7315142ergate
gate55746572__gate
gelate73421262gelate
ingate73018242ingate
jugate14379462jugate
legated92513982legated
legatee82814632legatee
legates82917682legates
legato72810952legato
ligate72519252ligate
metate82720532metate
neat46356782ne_at_
neaten64214542ne_aten
neater64424312ne_ater
neath86020282ne_ath
neats55931902ne_ats
negaters9349782negaters
negative1239082negative
negaton8299142negaton
negator83010672negator
neonate7311332neonate
nervate1039532nervate
nidate7313782nidate
notate63217862notate
nutate63017372nutate
pedate93117762pedate
rebate84424112rebate
redate74124682redate
regale74821452regale
regave104713382regave
regrate82618662regrate
relate64033632relate
remate84428682remate
rugate75813812rugate
sedate73019812sedate
senate63725172senate
togate74515682togate
vegete1039482vegete
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 Filter178691825510.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit82551592.90628407.1
3Display Results59590.0134538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691593.32553741.7
 
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