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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 “estates” 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.

60 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
estates7452018(None) 
estate64719761estate_
estated83715571estated
gestates93213731gestates
restates83423431restates
states64337081_states
testates83615451testates
ectases92911672ectases
elates65032362e_lates
eluates72014682eluates
enates64026432e_nates
entases72816272entases
equates162012322equates
ergates8314492ergates
escapes113811672escapes
esthetes1147742esthetes
estimates11911362estimates
estivates12109752estivates
etapes85415292e_tapes
gestate83614072gestate_
gestated102910572gestated
hesitates1269792hesitates
instates81615832instates
metates92720012metates
mutates92215792mutates
notates72817482notates
nutates73214972nutates
pectates122213952pectates
reslates83619502reslates
restages92815772restages
restate73824882restate_
restated93120182restated
rotates72819772rotates
sates54949322_s_ates
sedates83418042sedates
senates73322612senates
skates104219402_skates
slates64934062_slates
spates85028172_spates
stactes91914632_stactes
stades74626242_stades
stages75629492_stages
stakes103927292_stakes
stales65538292_stales
stanes64933402_stanes
stapes85028732_stapes
stares66038752_stares
stases64225562_stases
state56237332_state_
stated75427832_stated
stater64427562_stater
staters73922342_staters
stats55933362_stat_s
statues74614902_statues
status65515212_status
staves94525192_staves
tates55444982__tates
testate73916232testate_
unstates81314992unstates
upstates10189642upstates

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671603.48330913.3
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.90545759.5
 
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