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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 “vellicate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
vellicate144643(None) 
vellicated1644801vellicated
vellicates1545901vellicates
delicate11315492de_licate
replicate13410042replicate
vesicate131210052ve_sicate
allocate10411023_allocate
bellicose1343713bellicose
celibate1259313ce_libate
cellmate1237873cell_mate
colligate1248293colligate
collimate1348173collimate
collocate1348673collocate
dedicate12312803de_dicate
delicates12314313de_licates
duplicate1447003duplicate
explicate20117493explicate
fellate10313433fell__ate
hellcat12410173hell_cat_
hellcats1346323hell_cats
implicate1547273implicate
medicate13513243me_dicate
metricate1349923metricate
palliate10311893palli_ate
pellicle1245043pellic_le
plicate11314513__plicate
pollinate1147713pollinate
reallocate1254423reallocate
reclinate11410023reclinate
relocate10713533re_locate
replicase1344803replicase
replicated1548773replicated
replicates1449453replicates
silicate10312623_silicate
validate1239003v_alidate
vallate103016563vall__ate
velate93720143ve_l__ate
vellicating1744563vellicating
ventilate1248383ventilate
vesicae12177703ve_sica_e
vesicated15117653ve_sicated
vesicates14119033ve_sicates
vexillate1944553vexillate
vindicate1546353vindicate

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641446.17324079.2
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691446.62526972.2
 
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