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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 “nidates” 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.

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
nidates831189(None) 
nidate7313781nidate_
nidated939861nidated
airdates939722airdates
animates101316422animates
dates65639152__dates
dilates83220662dilates
fixates1737392fixates
ideates8313732_ideates
indites83618982indites
ingates82716912ingates
inmates92715782inmates
iodates8312902iodates
ligates82318382ligates
misdates111113632misdates
nates55238332n__ates
negates83215842negates
nictates1039592nictates
nides65229132nid__es
nidgets9358142nidgets
niduses837012niduses
niobates1037282niobates
nites55736342ni__tes
nitrates82516222nitrates
notates72817482notates
nutates73214972nutates
oxidates1636332oxidates
pirates93020332pirates
redates83423872redates
sedates83418042sedates
updates10329792updates

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671312.78038730.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.18956033.6
 
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