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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 “privates” 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.

33 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
privates13181237(None) 
primates121515931primates
private121513261private_
privater13158531privater
privatest14196731privatest
derivates13310092derivates
frigates12310932frigates
pirates93020332p_irates
prates84633162pr__ates
predates11615812predates
prelates10418572prelates
primages13159272primages
primate111516282primate_
priorates11410762priorates
privacies1646802privacies
privateer14134152privateer
privateers15163062privateers
privately1744892privately
privatise14167762privatise
privatises15187402privatises
privatism16176932privatism
privatist14228782privatist
privatives18186472privatives
privatizes24156812privatizes
privets122910052privet_s
privies122414262priv_ies
privities14312042privities
probates12414282probates
pronates10418372pronates
prorates10418072prorates
pyruvates1743132pyruvates
rivages1138872_rivages
urinates8314132urinates

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit121059333.93630756.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.65538386.9
 
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