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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 “private” 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
private12151326(None) 
primate111516281primate
privater13158531privater
privates131812371privates
derivate12311202derivate
frigate11311062frigate
pirate82322882p_irate
plicate11314512plicate
prate75135982pr__ate
predate10616892predate
prelate9519692prelate
primage12169142primage
primates121515932primates
priorate10411732priorate
privacy1744232privacy
privateer14134152privateer
privately1744892privately
privatest14196732privatest
privatise14167762privatise
privative17188292privative
privatize23167042privatize
privet113821342privet_
privets122910052privets
privity15268322privity
probate11414482probate
prolate9419792prolate
pronate9418872pronate
prorate9418732prorate
pyruvate1643072pyruvate
rivage1038842_rivage
urinate7315362urinate

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 Limit107671313.17333933.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.56250165.9
 
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