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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 “catkinate” 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.

49 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
catkinate154582(None) 
carinate103320242ca_rinate
caseinate1148242caseinate
catenate10312832cat_enate
patinate103016312pat_inate
activate13510373act_ivate
acuminate1347573acuminate
agminate1139243_agminate
alginate9310693_alginate
cabinmate1544093ca_binmate
cachinnate1752563cachinnate
califate13310483ca_lifate
candidate1356663candidate
capitate121712183ca_pitate
captivate1645923captivate
carbonate13410513carbonate
carinae94318583ca_rina_e
carinated123414263ca_rinated
caseinates1247443caseinates
castigate1247963castigate
catenae9311373cat_ena_e
catenated1238913cat_enated
catenates11311813cat_enates
catkin123512383catkin___
catkins133012563catkin__s
catmint11314463catmin_t_
catmints1236663catmin_ts
cavitate13159833ca_vitate
circinate1347813circinate
criminate1348983criminate
culminate1347813culminate
fascinate1447763fascinate
laminate103014633la_minate
lancinate1147803lancinate
machinate1647953machinate
marginate12179603marginate
marinate103017783ma_rinate
paginate114012443pa_ginate
patinae95414403pat_ina_e
patinated123911413pat_inated
patinates113814693pat_inates
patriate10311933patri_ate
rabbinate1345143rabbinate
raffinate1545023raffinate
satiate7315403sat_i_ate
staminate1187983staminate
vaccinate1646833vaccinate
vaginate123911083va_ginate
vaticinate1544573vaticinate

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641497.62319499.0
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691498.06222164.6
 
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