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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 “debated” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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78 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
debated11391608(None) 
debased113310581debased
debate94419191debate_
debater104114691debater
debates103718531debates
debited113311621debited
debuted11379331debuted
delated93722871delated
derated93623501derated
rebated103619701rebated
abated95918452_abated
aerated85322382aerated
bated85935532__bated
belated103520012belated
berated104422132berated
cerated103922472cerated
dated75530992d__ated
dealated103213602dealated
deaned84620452de_aned
deaved114916552de_aved
debagged1433722debagged
debarked16175832debarked
debarred12165642debarred
debase94014472debase_
debaser103510412debaser
debases103814132debases
debaters113511922debaters
debeaked1634612debeaked
deboned113411632deboned
decanted122310492decanted
decayed14309332decayed
defaced142910972defaced
defamed14309832defamed
defatted1335672defatted
defeated132812162defeated
deflated133412302deflated
delate73827752delate_
delates83526282delates
delayed123310762delayed
deleted93314912deleted
demasted1238762demasted
demoted114313542demoted
denoted93512762denoted
dentated10411702dentated
dented84120512de_nted
departed1238822departed
deputed114610172deputed
derate74531232derate_
derates84028892derates
deratted1048402deratted
desalted1038312desalted
deviated13311042deviated
devoted124111092devoted
dewater112912422dewater
dewaxed19316052dewaxed
dilated93115822dilated
doated84118182d_oated
donated93513862donated
elated74725822_elated
gelated93615642gelated
heated104525592he_ated
ideated9310972ide_ated
legated92513982legated
lobated102610942lobated
meated94222402me_ated
negated93413232negated
rebaited11410542rebaited
rebate84424112rebate_
rebater93517912rebater
rebates95123182rebates
redated93120922redated
related83327572related
remated103522472remated
seated75131062se_ated
sedated93714352sedated
teated74924022te_ated
unbated103317732unbated
undebated1338092undebated

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671783.06035186.6
3Display Results78780.0332363.6
 (SQL Overall)178691783.46951510.8
 
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