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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 “delete” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

57 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
delete7362070(None) 
delate73827751delate
deleted93314911deleted
deletes83117931deletes
deplete103010421deplete
bolete8519612bolete
celeste949652celeste
daleth1038632daleth
dealate83617842dealate
debate94419192debate
deet57356582de_et_
deets65330242de_ets
deflate113613942deflate
delated93722872delated
delates83526282delates
dele56843082del__e
delead84112342delead
deleave1147722deleave
deled75326542dele_d
delegate10410462delegate
deles65139252dele_s
delft95623322delft_
delfts10439672delfts
delime9314042delime
delt57855272del_t_
delta66117772del_ta
delts65731792del_ts
delude81910672delude
deluge8189402deluge
deluxe14197302deluxe
delve96018262del_ve
demote94817802demote
denote74118042denote
depleted12258722depleted
depleter11298862depleter
depletes112810642depletes
depute94512302depute
derate74531232derate
detente83313602detente
devote104513782devote
dilate73220692dilate
dilute72911802dilute
elate55335882_elate
elite56230182_elite
elute54822572_elute
gelate73421262gelate
gelee63626982gele_e
melee73729102mele_e
pelite84323002pelite
relate64033632relate
relet54749822relet_
relets64025672relets
releve95116402releve
replete92912992replete
terete6319332terete
vegete1039482vegete
velate93720142velate

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 Filter178691825510.763234195.3
2DLD Change Limit82551576.75312224.3
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691577.52923733.7
 
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