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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forprates” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

17 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
prates8463316(None) 
crates85736051crates
grates75429881grates
orates64328611orates
pates76047891p_ates
pirates93020321pirates
plates85432241plates
prases84429021prases
prate75135981prate_
prated94924921prated
prater84825351prater
praters94921641praters
prats76333391prat_s
praxes156215181praxes
rates55352011_rates
uprates93814861uprates
urates65027761urates

Search took 2 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 Filter178691487550.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit48755170.92352822.3
3Display Results17170.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691171.016175877.0