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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 “chocolate” 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.

40 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
chocolate164741(None) 
chocolates1746781chocolates
chocolatey2053511chocolatey
chocolaty1954051chocolaty
chocolatier1862782chocolatier
cholate122114932ch__olate
apocopate1545033apocopate
calculate1389873calculate
checkmate2243533checkmate
chelate122914903ch__elate
chicalote16123813chicalote
chlorate133112693ch_lorate
chocolatiers1971603chocolatiers
cholates132414763ch__olates
chordate1448033cho_rdate
chromate15312783ch_romate
ciliolate1145973ciliolate
circulate13810433circulate
cochleate1645683c_ochleate
cocomat13413623c_ocomat_
cocomats1449403c_ocomats
cocotte1138603c_oco_tte
cocreate122611813c_ocreate
cohobate1547013c_ohobate
collate92919683c_o_llate
colocate12313443c_olocate
conflate13311173c_onflate
copulate122614113c_opulate
corelate10516013c_orelate
corollate1148123c_orollate
coronate103018213c_oronate
corotate102813933c_orotate
crocoite1248053croco_ite
inoculate1149623inoculate
loculate101011403_loculate
percolate13411163percolate
phenolate1447493phenolate
phonolite1448283phonolite
rhodolite1344543rhodolite
schoolmate1753333scho_olmate

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.893200101.9
2DLD Change Limit148641408.50017487.2
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691409.40618997.6
 
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