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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 “affiliate” 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.

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
affiliate154532(None) 
affiliated1744191affiliated
affiliates1644891affiliates
filiate10414232__filiate
officiate1744162officiate
affiliating1844173affiliating
affiliation1744853affiliation
affinity1744983affini_ty
affixial2143593affixia_l
afflict1547043aff_lict_
afflicted1843433aff_licted
afflicter1742823aff_licter
afflicts1644003aff_licts
affricate1744973affricate
arillate8412993a_rillate
ascidiate1245333ascidiate
bifoliate1444313bifoliate
ciliate9514603__ciliate
defoliate1346993defoliate
disaffiliate1962633disaffiliate
exfoliate1954133exfoliate
facilitate1544573facilitate
filiated12610083__filiated
filiates11412663__filiates
foliate10513533__foliate
humiliate1444973humiliate
officiated1943253officiated
officiates1843693officiates
raffinate1545023raffi_nate
unaffiliated1952423unaffiliated

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641305.95624956.5
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691306.37628025.6
 
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