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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 “affiliates” 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.

28 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
affiliates164489(None) 
affiliate1545321affiliate_
affiliated1744191affiliated
filiates11412662__filiates
officiates1843692officiates
affiliating1844173affiliating
affiliation1744853affiliation
affiliations1844183affiliations
affinities1645713affinities
afflatus1442683aff_l_atus
afflicted1843433aff_licted
afflicter1742823aff_licter
afflicters1852243aff_licters
afflicts1644003aff_lict_s
affricates1844613affricates
ciliates10413453__ciliates
defoliates1446333defoliates
disaffiliates2062523disaffiliates
exfoliates2063703exfoliates
facilitates1644303facilitates
filiate10414233__filiate_
filiated12610083__filiated
foliates11412753__foliates
humiliates1544623humiliates
officiate1744163officiate_
officiated1943253officiated
raffinates1644363raffi_nates
unaffiliated1952423unaffiliated

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603285.42025941.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691285.84230587.3
 
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