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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 “laureates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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73 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
laureates98768(None) 
laureate888021laureate_
laureated1096151laureated
aureate72515282_aureate_
lacerates112413772lacerates
nauseates946212nauseates
acreages1138373_acreages
aerates74627493_aer_ates
airdates939723_airdates
aretes64425353_a_re_tes
aurate64426473_aur_ate_
aurated83817793_aur_ated
aureately1244383_aureately
aureoles838283_aureoles
barrettes1149063barrettes
burettes1048953_burettes
carates95630613ca_r_ates
caseates10313713ca_seates
caudates11310263cau_dates
cocreates132611883cocreates
creates95225203__creates
curates95323833_cur_ates
curettes1039313_curettes
furcates1339883_furcates
karates115617473ka_r_ates
labiates101011513la_biates
labrets939363labre_t_s
lacerate102214703lacerate_
lacerated122210673lacerated
lactates10311223la_ctates
laminates112712903laminates
lapidates1247143lapidates
larees65323113la_re__es
lariated91212063la_riated
lariats7615053la_riat_s
laterites9715053laterites
laundrettes1251943laundrettes
laurae64011663laur_a_e_
lauras63414333laur_a__s
laureateship1761283laureateship
laureating1146393laureating
laureation1046153laureation
laureations1145573laureations
laureled934543laure_led
laurelled1043613laurelled
laurels746663laure__ls
layerages1345303layerages
layettes1136263la_yettes
lazarettes1953013lazarettes
lazurites1844583lazur_ites
liberates111012943liberates
librates103412953libr_ates
literates91415653literates
lunettes836753l_unettes
lurdanes936063l_urdanes
lurexes1436073l_ure_xes
luxates1436973l_u_xates
luxuriates1742913luxuriates
macerates132113573macerates
maleates103316343ma_leates
maturates11311763matur_ates
muriates10312083_muriates
narrates8312763na_rrates
nauseate845893nauseate_
nauseated1045233nauseated
patriates11311363patriates
recreates11313363recreates
saturates9811603satur_ates
uncreates11310433uncreates
urates65027763__ur_ates
ureases74416723__ureases
valerates12310543valerates
variates111214983va_riates

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641736.70322175.3
3Display Results73730.0302433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691737.16924925.5
 
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