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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

58 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
aestivate1212766(None) 
aestivated14106291aestivated
aestivates13107371aestivates
estivate111010001_estivate
activate13510372a_ctivate
aestival1145482aestiva_l
estimate10912002_estimate
estivated13108322_estivated
estivates12109752_estivates
festinate1249472festinate
activated1567883a_ctivated
activates1449693a_ctivates
aesthete1145853aest_hete
aestivating1545803aestivating
aestivation1447923aestivation
aspirate1039943a_spirate
auspicate1345743auspicate
busticate1357753busticate
captivate1645923captivate
castigate1247963castigate
cultivate1447083cultivate
deactivate1644623deactivate
derivate12311203de_rivate
destitute1046883destitute
estate64719763_est__ate
estimated12109443_estimated
estimates11911363_estimates
estival1036323_estiva_l
estivator1246293_estivator
festinated1447533festinated
festinates1348943festinates
festival1444713festiva_l
festivals1543373festivals
festive1339773festiv__e
festivity1845113festivity
fustigate1345623fustigate
gestate83614073gest__ate
hesitate1169973hes_itate
instigate1048613instigate
masticate13411283masticate
motivate1347693_motivate
obstinate1146333obstinate
passivate1445683passivate
pectinate1349553pectinate
reactivate1545843reactivate
reestimate1246513reestimate
remotivate1544833remotivate
resinate8316773res_inate
resituate948613resituate
restate73824883rest__ate
restitute947753restitute
restive10315933restiv__e
rusticate1149033rusticate
testate73916233test__ate
titivate1146803_titivate
tittivate1243403tittivate
ventilate1248383ventilate
vesicate131210053ves_icate

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641587.19020673.3
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691587.64023388.9
 
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