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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 “orientate” 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
orientate94651(None) 
orientated1144851orientated
orientates1046041orientates
oriental848492orienta_l
orientals946922orientals
reorientate1153372reorientate
alienate8311553alien_ate
argentite1047813argentite
ariette7312373arie_t_te
aristate8312133ari_state
arsenate81010483arsen_ate
bidentate1245063bidentate
clientage1242713clientage
commentate16108173commentate
crenate93317113cr_en_ate
cristate10310603cri_state
dentate8315153__dentate
disorientate1363383disorientate
edentate947703_edentate
ordinate9310253ordin_ate
orient6322533orien__t_
orientalize2065983orientalize
orientally1346213orientally
orientating1245773orientating
orientation1147573orientation
oriented937483orient_ed
orienteer943213orienteer
orienter838313orient_er
orienters937623orienters
orienting1038723orienting
orients7311583orien__ts
originate1047023originate
ornate6315143or__n_ate
potentate1197253potentate
reinstate948903_reinstate
reorientated1352703reorientated
reorientates1253103reorientates
restate73824883_r_estate
tristate8311033tri_state
urinate7315363uri_n_ate

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641407.43619989.4
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.85822740.0
 
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