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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 “serrate” 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.

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
serrate7301754(None) 
ferrate103014041ferrate
seriate73722471seriate
serrated92513431serrated
serrates82617021serrates
aerate64830552ae_rate
berate84729022be_rate
biserrate1145782biserrate
cerate84829462ce_rate
cirrate92413492cirrate
derate74531232de_rate
ergate7315142_ergate
errata639012_errata
fermate122813002fermate
ferrates113013422ferrates
ferrite103312752ferrite
narrate7313492narrate
nervate1039522nervate
overrate11615692overrate
perorate10417922perorate
recrate92621662recrate
regrate82618662regrate
secrete9311072secrete
sedate73019812se_date
senate63725172se_nate
sensate7311892sensate
separate10310782separate
septate9511872septate
serape84818412se_rape
serenate81914882serenate
serfage1138402serfage
seriated92717022seriated
seriates82620672seriates
serrano768462serrano
serrature945002serrature
serrulate946982serrulate
sorbate9311732sorbate
sororate8411172sororate
stearate839722stearate
striate74218952striate
ternate7415482ternate
terrace93311842terrace
terrae62915212terra_e
terrane72814232terrane

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 Limit107671443.54630364.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.92245561.2
 
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