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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 “democrat” 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
democrat134795(None) 
democrats1446201democrats
democracy1952652democracy
democratic1755892democratic
autocrat1049283autocrat
decoct11313783decoc__t
decorate11315193deco_rate
dehort104618103deho_r_t
demarcate1446613demarcate
demerit10314993dem_erit
democratize2555273democratize
demoniac1346873demoniac
demonian1147713demonian
demonist11413473demonist
demotist11311843demotist
demount1049743demo_unt
demurral1143943demurral
deport94922393depo_r_t
derat65044083de___rat
desecrate1249083desecrate
dumpcart1543463dumpcart
femora1149583femo_ra_
femoral1238723femo_ral
hemostat1348703hemostat
mobocrat1445703mobocrat
monocrat12410783monocrat
remora8414593remo_ra_
remoras9314073remo_ras
theocrat1346353theocrat

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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162297.18620339.8
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691297.62623431.8
 
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