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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 “alveolate” 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.

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
alveolate124441(None) 
alveolar1143292alveola_r
alveolars1242602alveolars
areolate81014452a_reolate
faveolate15104622faveolate
foveolate15104292foveolate
advocate1445833adv_ocate
aldolase944773al_dolase
alienate8311553alie_nate
alkylate1554663al_kylate
alleviate1246063alleviate
allocate10411023al_locate
altercate1147853altercate
alternate948113alternate
alveolarly1651203alveolarly
alveoli1043583alveol__i
alveolus1143023alveol_us
apholate13410473a_pholate
appellate1346193appellate
areolae7811733a_reola_e
areolated1089713a_reolated
aureolae845313aureola_e
avellane1146263a_vellane
foveolae14104323foveola_e
inviolate1246393inviolate
labellate11126923labellate
lamellate11116703lamellate
lanceolate1253213lanceolate
lineolate946283lineolate
overlate11716283_overlate
reviolate1248123reviolate
urceolate1143733urceolate
velate93720143__ve_late
violate10311553__violate

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641347.15620771.5
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691347.57523589.6
 
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