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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 “picrate” 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.

36 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
picrate11201414(None) 
picrated132110111picrated
picrates122013211picrates
picrite111911311picrite
pirate82322881pi_rate
cirrate92413492cirrate
citrate92216802citrate
crate76537402__crate
dictate10311662dictate
disrate81418522disrate
irate55627982_i_rate
librate93214232librate
migrate101314172migrate
misrate91319142misrate
nictate9310222nictate
nitrate72017012nitrate
pectate112214692pectate
phorate12413362phorate
picante11310522picante
piccata1345702piccata
pickaxe2244622pickaxe
picrites121811082picrites
pileate93815922pileate
pinnate93613742pinnate
pirated102515612pi_rated
pirates93020332pi_rates
plicate11314512plic_ate
prate75135982p__rate
priorate10411732priorate
prorate9418732prorate
recrate92621662recrate
spicate113214192spic_ate
titrate72215572titrate
uncrate9415952uncrate
vibrate122811522vibrate
vicarate1378602vicarate

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671363.01635699.9
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691363.38952726.8
 
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