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

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90 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ulcerates114885(None) 
ulcerate1039731ulcerate_
ulcerated1247741ulcerated
cerates95428252__cerates
lacerates112413782lacerates
macerates132113572macerates
uncrates10314562unc_rates
uncreates11310432uncreates
acerate92818913_acerate_
acerated113113983_acerated
acerbates1347263_acerbates
acetates102013063_acetates
acierates11310813acierates
adulterates1244203adulterates
aerates74627493__aerates
alienates9310683alienates
aliterates101510763aliterates
altercates1247553altercates
alternates1047873alternates
ameerates1149063ameerates
asperates11312553asperates
berates94126873__berates
carates95630613__carates
cerastes101111093__cerastes
cerate84829463__cerate_
cerated103922473__cerated
cerites94823433__cerites
certes84623083__cer_tes
cocreates132611883cocreates
crates85736063__c_rates
creates95225203__creates
curates95323833__curates
deaerates10313643deaerates
decorates12314743decorates
derates84028893__derates
edulcorates1452943edulcorates
elevates111110423el_evates
emeerates1149373emeerates
execrates1839563execrates
federates13310153federates
fulgurates1453623fulgurates
generates10312713generates
iterates81317823_iterates
lacerate102214713lacerate_
lacerated122210683lacerated
legates82917683_l_egates
liberates111012943liberates
librates103412953_librates
literates91415653literates
lucernes1046363lucer_nes
lucubrates1443163lucubrates
lustrates939463lustrates
macerate122314073macerate_
macerated142010523macerated
macerater13259523macerater
maceraters14226633maceraters
moderates12710753moderates
nucleates1148563nucle_ates
numerates11199573numerates
oleates7417833ol_e_ates
operates10515413_operates
picrates122013213pic_rates
racemates1348853racemates
recrates102420373rec_rates
recreates11313363recreates
sclerites1139443sclerites
sulfurates1345763sulfurates
tolerates9312123tolerates
ulcerating1346983ulcerating
ulceration1247263ulceration
ulcerations1346363ulcerations
ulcerative1545173ulcerative
ulcered1037973ulcer__ed
ulcerous1046163ulcer_ous
ulcers839383ulcer___s
ulexites1534943ul_exites
ultimates1148433ultimates
ululates848433ul_ulates
uncrate9415953unc_rate_
uncrated11416313unc_rated
uncreate10311353uncreate_
uncreated12312303uncreated
underages11811083underages
underate9918603underate_
underrates11410563underrates
uprates93814863u__prates
urates65027763u___rates
valerates12310543valerates
venerates12312263venerates
vicarates1487623vicarates

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641907.40620070.3
3Display Results90900.0303000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691907.85922737.1
 
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