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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 “placate” 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.

32 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
placate1131243(None) 
placated1338451placated
placater1238011placater
placates12311751placates
planate9314571planate
plicate11314511plicate
clavate1238712clavate
falcate12311622falcate
glaciate1168082glaciate
lactate9312702_lactate
lanate6421262_lanate
locate83919842_locate
palate84226792p_alate
paleate94120002paleate
palmate113215232palmate
palpate113213922palpate
placable14169242placable
placard1236782placard
placaters1336472placaters
placative1646222placative
place94824612plac__e
placet103923672placet_
placets113911222placets
placket15412872placket
platane93112302platane
plate74635112pl__ate
playdate1465262playdate
playmate1566462playmate
plicae10410952plica_e
plicated13310642plicated
plumate1149802plumate
vacate11314552_vacate

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 Limit107671323.23333303.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.60949512.6
 
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