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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 “philately” 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.

27 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
philately174396(None) 
philatelic1752582philatelic
plicately1644562plicately
privately1744892privately
prolately1445772prolately
animately1445123animately
binately1345733_binately
ciliately1443953_ciliately
irately1047683__irately
lately93413843___lately
oblately1343923_oblately
palmately1644443palmately
pedately1445433p_edately
peltately1443963peltately
philabeg1642313philabe_g
philabegs1741923philabegs
philatelies1653273philatelies
philatelist1653813philatelist
philomel1544083philomel_
philomela1652523philomela
philomels1643503philomels
philter12108213phil_te_r
philters1398173phil_ters
phylactery2351843phylactery
pinnately1443753pinnately
politely1347093p_olitely
whitely16346473whi__tely

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 Filter1786911486410.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit148641277.15620771.5
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.67223291.3
 
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