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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 “desiccate” 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.

57 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
desiccate144592(None) 
desiccated1644991desiccated
desiccates1545381desiccates
dedicate12312802dedi_cate
delicate11315492deli_cate
desecrate1249082desecrate
desiccant1444182desiccant
desiccants1542662desiccants
desiccative1953942desiccative
desiccator1543992desiccator
designate1147112designate
exsiccate2043142exsiccate
vesicate131210052vesi_cate
deciduate1345063deciduate
decimate13411123deci_mate
dedicated14310253dedi_cated
dedicatee13410343dedi_catee
dedicates13311693dedi_cates
defalcate1544923defalcate
defecate1438793de_fecate
delectate1248743delectate
delicates12314313deli_cates
delineate1047793delineate
demarcate1446613demarcate
denigrate1168693denigrate
denitrate10810533denitrate
depilate11311703depi_late
deprecate1477433deprecate
derivate12311203deri_vate
desecrated1447953desecrated
desecrater1346983desecrater
desecrates1348843desecrates
desiccating1744703desiccating
desiccation1646383desiccation
desiccators1643803desiccators
desiderate1246273desiderate
designated1345933designated
designates1246363designates
desolate9411993des_olate
desperate12410843desperate
despumate1443523despumate
deviate11312713devi__ate
dictate10311663d__ictate
dislocate1289133dislocate
exsiccated2242493exsiccated
exsiccates2142803exsiccates
hesitate1169973hesi_tate
medicate13513243medi_cate
meniscate1346213meniscate
redictate1249063redictate
resinate8316773resi_nate
resituate948613resituate
saccate111311763__saccate
vesicae12177703vesi_ca_e
vesicated15117653vesi_cated
vesicates14119033vesi_cates
vesiculate1547223vesiculate

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641577.89018839.2
3Display Results57570.0331727.3
 (SQL Overall)178691578.09622071.5
 
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