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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 “violate” 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.

38 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
violate1031155(None) 
violated1237881violated
violater1137251violater
violates11311191violates
cholate122114932cholate
dilate73220692di_late
etiolate849522etiolate
folate93320392_folate
inviolate1246392inviolate
iodate7313502_iodate
iolite63221982_iolite
isolate7313922isolate
niobate937702niobate
prolate9419792prolate
reviolate1248122reviolate
solate64526072_solate
vallate103016562vallate
variolate1248552variolate
velate93720142v_elate
vibrate122811522vibrate
villae95615382villa_e
village113610832village
viola85915542viola__
violable1337542violable
violas93713522viola_s
violaters1245962violaters
violative1545112violative
violator1146282violator
violet92620922violet_
violets102210002violets
violone1037152violone
virgate1138732virgate
vitiate103412952vitiate
vittate10409732vittate
volante1038512v_olante
volte85321302v_ol_te
volute93912762v_olute
volvate13317992v_olvate

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671383.18633795.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.57849941.6
 
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