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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 “perambulate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

44 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
perambulate175376(None) 
perambulated1953051perambulated
perambulates1853481perambulates
perambulator1862092perambulator
ambulate1239733___ambulate
perambulating2052523perambulating
perambulation1953483perambulation
perambulators1961953perambulators
perambulatory2261783perambulatory
ambulated1457134___ambulated
ambulates1348384___ambulates
deregulate12135194der_egulate
ejaculate18187164_eja_culate
emasculate1445554_emasculate
emulate9314124_e__m_ulate
fabulate1339204__fa_bulate
formulate1446994for_m_ulate
granulate1059184_gra_nulate
gratulate1047684_gra_tulate
hamulate1359014__ham_ulate
operculate1446254oper__culate
particulate1548314particulate
peculate122414674pe___culate
pediculate1546614pe_diculate
pedunculate1652304pedunculate
perambulations2053074perambulations
perborate13510144per__borate
percolate13411164per__colate
perfusate1444834per__fusate
permeate12311614per_m__eate
permillage1552954per_millage
permute1138794per_m_u__te
perpetuate1454794perpetu_ate
planulate1146904p_la_nulate
preamble1436384preamb_l__e
promulgate1553014p_rom_ulgate
recalculate15135384recalculate
reregulate11145954rer_egulate
serrulate946984ser__rulate
somnambulate18102224somnambulate
strangulate1275064strangulate
tabulate10310894__ta_bulate
tribulate1148084_tr_ibulate
vermiculate1855724vermiculate

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819449.42315793.2
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691449.85918124.7
 
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