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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 “complicate” 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.

39 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
complicate184762(None) 
complicated2046091complicated
complicates1947051complicates
complicacy2052782complicacy
complice1639332complic__e
complicit1747432complicit_
complicity2145692complicity
implicate1547272_implicate
colligate1248293co_lligate
collimate1348173co_llimate
collocate1348673co_llocate
colocate12313443co__locate
communicate1956183communicate
compensate1646143compensate
compleat14710153compl_eat_
complect1659013complec_t_
complected19295863complec_ted
complects1766413complec_ts
complete143412053compl__ete
compliance1844943compliance
compliant1549663compli_ant
complicacies1962793complicacies
complicatedly2561703complicatedly
complicating2145633complicating
complication2048203complication
complices1739253complic_es
complicities2055963complicities
compline14313553compli__ne
conduplicate1952613conduplicate
corticate13410773co_rticate
duplicate1447003_duplicate
explicate20117493_explicate
implicated1745973_implicated
implicates1646783_implicates
plicate11314513___plicate
replicate13410043_replicate
supplicate1644523supplicate
triplicate1445323triplicate
uncomplicated2253763uncomplicated

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603397.40618985.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.82822827.2
 
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