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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 “debate” 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.

84 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
debate9441919(None) 
debase94014471debase
debated113916081debated
debater104114691debater
debates103718531debates
delate73827751delate
derate74531231derate
rebate84424111rebate
abate76627842_abate
aerate64830552aerate
bate66552422__bate
berate84729022berate
cerate84829462cerate
date56443322d__ate
dealate83617842dealate
death94822522de_ath
deave95022332de_ave
debacle1237442debacle
debag94212302deba_g
debags104211062debags
debar85517862deba_r
debark134210942debark
debars94218042debars
debased113310582debased
debaser103510412debaser
debases103814132debases
debaters113511922debaters
debit85727852debit_
debited113311622debited
debits94214502debits
debone93714782debone
debt77139022deb_t_
debts86418372deb_ts
debut86024142debut_
debuted11379332debuted
debuts93911752debuts
debye1138902deb_ye
decade104216162decade
decane93818872decane
decare93919152decare
deface123113862deface
defame123212432defame
defat95426692defat_
defats105114552defats
deflate113613942deflate
degage92711382degage
degame102713182degame
dekare112811562dekare
delated93722872delated
delates83526282delates
delete73620702delete
demote94817802demote
denote74118042denote
dentate8315152dentate
depute94512302depute
derat65044082derat_
derated93623502derated
derates84028892derates
derats74625062derats
deviate11312712deviate
devote104513782devote
dewater112912422dewater
dilate73220692dilate
donate73619502donate
elate55335882_elate
enate54428152_enate
gelate73421262gelate
ideate7313682ide_ate
legate72917452legate
lobate82915242lobate
metate82720532metate
negate72915572negate
pedate93117762pedate
rebated103619702rebated
rebater93517912rebater
rebates95123182rebates
rebato83714682rebato
redate74124682redate
relate64033632relate
remate84428682remate
sedate73019812sedate
senate63725172senate
tubate82813172tubate
velate93720142velate

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.716249568.4
2DLD Change Limit82551844.84317045.4
3Display Results84840.0631333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691845.62231784.2
 
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