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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 “covariates” 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.

29 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
covariates154578(None) 
covariate1446211covariate_
covariances1853732covariances
covaries13413252covari__es
variates111214982__variates
bivariate1445303bivariate_
carates95630613c__ar_ates
cocreates132611883co_creates
covariance1753943covariance
covariant1447863covaria_nt
covariation1646773covariation
covariations1745983covariations
covaried1448003covari__ed
coverages1538833cover_ages
cowrites133011593co_wri_tes
craniates11310653c_raniates
divaricates1743873divaricates
noviciates1543763noviciates
novitiates1343733novitiates
ovaries10312653_ovari__es
ovarioles1244613_ovarioles
ovaritis1145953_ovari_tis
overhates15311943_overhates
overrates12414623_overrates
tovariches1841943tovariches
tovarishes1643353tovarishes
variate101316433__variate_
variated121211393__variated
vicariates1565533vicariates

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911406030.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit140603298.36016818.5
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691299.18619452.5
 
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