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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 “vacate” 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.

34 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
vacate1131455(None) 
vacated1349351vacated
vacates12312831vacates
abate76627842_abate
acuate8315632_acuate
acute74720362_acute
agate66525152_agate
alate55340322_alate
aviate9315202aviate
baccate131011262baccate
carate84734002carate
cate66254602__cate
dacite91115882dacite
evacuate13217302evacuate
facade1238802facade
facete115014832facete
falcate12311612falcate
hamate113319832hamate
karate105320922karate
lactate9312692lactate
lanate6421262lanate
locate83919842locate
malate84624552malate
palate84226782palate
placate11312432placate
ramate83921682ramate
saccate111311762saccate
savate9313782savate
vacant11415132vacant
vallate103016562vallate
valuate102512732valuate
valvate133710812valvate
variate101316432variate
velate93720142velate

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551342.37334787.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.74965002.2
 
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