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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 “updates” 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.

30 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
updates1032979(None) 
update93810291update_
updated11369421updated
updater10347251updater
updaters11255181updaters
uprates93814861uprates
dates65639152__dates
iodates8312902iodates
nidates8311892nidates
opiates9312142opiates
outdates93114742outdates
pates76047892_p_ates
plates85432242_plates
prates84633162_prates
pupates113311432pupates
redates83423872redates
sedates83418042sedates
spates85028172sp_ates
undated93118462undated
upases84112902up_ases
updarted1244312updarted
updarts1034202updarts
updives1334712updives
updries10209082updries
upgazes1933572upgazes
uprate83916542uprate_
uprated103213322uprated
upstates10189642upstates
uptakes1336592uptakes
urates65027762u_rates

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911076710.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit107671305.51619519.8
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691306.09229332.1
 
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