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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 “paleate” 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.

52 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
paleate9412000(None) 
galeate83916781galeate
maleate94117541maleate
palate84226781pal_ate
paleae84820291palea_e
palette93613981palette
palmate113215231palmate
palpate113213921palpate
pileate93815921pileate
alate55340322_al_ate
calceate1239862calceate
caseate9314782caseate
falcate12311612falcate
galeae74717452galea_e
galeated104111572galeated
galette84212692galette
gallate83417122gallate
malate84624552mal_ate
maleates103316342maleates
oleate6318882_oleate
palace104516912pal_ace
palates93624932pal_ates
palea75028662palea__
paleal84716672palea_l
paleface1545342paleface
palest83926222palest_
palet74650802pale_t_
palets85122312pale_ts
palettes103112832palettes
pallette1039512pallette
palliate10311892palliate
palmated132511002palmated
palmette1247732palmette
palpated13249762palpated
palpates122613062palpates
peltate92013772peltate
pileated112711132pileated
placate11312432placate
planate9314572planate
plate74635112p_l_ate
please84315732p_lease
pleat74734472p_leat_
pleated103816632p_leated
pleater93916332p_leater
pleats85218592p_leats
poleaxe1656302poleaxe
prelate9519692prelate
pulsate9510232pulsate
valerate11311472valerate
vallate103016562vallate
valuate102512732valuate
valvate133710812valvate

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671523.01335735.5
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.38952726.8
 
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