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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 “dehydrate” 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.

31 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
dehydrate174486(None) 
dehydrated1943491dehydrated
dehydrates1844241dehydrates
rehydrate1644791rehydrate
dehydrator1853202dehydrator
hydrate14239812__hydrate
rehydrated1853842rehydrated
rehydrates1744462rehydrates
anhydrite16153463anhydrite
deaerate9314173de_aerate
deciduate1345063deciduate
decorate11315193de_corate
dehydrating2043653dehydrating
dehydration1954063dehydration
dehydrators1952853dehydrators
dendrite1048783de_ndrite
denigrate1168693denigrate
denitrate10810533denitrate
denudate1046163denud_ate
depurate1139983de_purate
derate74531233de___rate
desecrate1249083desecrate
desiderate1246273desiderate
desperate12410843desperate
deuterate1049513deuterate
hemihydrate2361653hemihydrate
hexahydrate2861883hexahydrate
hydrae13258573__hydra_e
hydrase14287663__hydrase
hydrated16216953__hydrated
hydrates15229413__hydrates

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641317.21620598.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.65523343.0
 
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