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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 “catholicates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
catholicates197327(None) 
catholicate1873691catholicate_
catholicities2053122catholicities
catholicizes2872352catholicizes
catholicoses1961972catholicoses
catholically2256003catholically
catholicity2152883catholicit_y
catholicize2792393catholicize_
catholicized2982083catholicized
catholicons18102323catholic_ons
catholicos17123093catholic__os
catholics16105893catholic___s
apholates1449684_aphol__ates
batholiths1872744batholi__ths
califates14310114ca___lifates
catabolites15144554cataboli__tes
cathodically2355414cathodically
catholic15158384catholic____
catholicoi17122214catholic__oi
catholicon17122454catholic__on
cholates132414764c__hol__ates
colocates13312854c___olocates
complicates1947054c_omplicates
consolidates1563864consolidates
detoxicates2154064det_oxicates
intoxicates2054444int_oxicates
natrolites1047414natroli__tes
ratiocinates1452804ratiocinates

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790287.03017751.1
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.45223978.9
 
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