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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 “foliolate” 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.

27 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
foliolate124487(None) 
ciliolate1145972ciliolate
foliate10513532foli__ate
foveolate15104292foveolate
collate92919683col__late
collocate1348673collocate
colocate12313443col_ocate
etiolate849523_etiolate
faveolate15104623faveolate
fellate10313433fel__late
filiate10414233fili__ate
folate93320393f___olate
foliage1147533foli__age
foliated1249913foli__ated
foliates11412753foli__ates
foliose10378013folio__se
formulate1446993formulate
foveolae14104323foveola_e
inviolate1246393inviolate
meliorate1179493meliorate
petiolate1149153petiolate
reviolate1248123reviolate
soleplate1145283soleplate
trifoliolate1551233trifoliolate
unifoliolate156973unifoliolate
variolate1248553variolate
violate10311553__violate

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641276.90621523.5
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.35824285.3
 
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