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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 “forficate” 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.

32 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
forficate174512(None) 
fornicate1446081fornicate
corticate13410772corticate
fornicated1644832fornicated
fornicates1545852fornicates
loricate10310662lor_icate
affricate1744973affr_icate
confiscate1744403confiscate
coruscate1346053coruscate
fabricate1646833fabricate
floricane1444833flor_icane
foliate10513533fo_li_ate
foredate12310913for_edate
formate123115093for__mate
formica1436443formica__
formicary1942933formicary
formicas1546003formica_s
formulate1446993formulate
fornical1347793fornica_l
fornicator1553733fornicator
fortunate1245453fortunate
frigate11311063f_r_igate
furcate12310453fur__cate
loricae938253lor_ica_e
loricated1247903lor_icated
loricates11310133lor_icates
muricate12311113mur_icate
officiate1744163_officiate
ordinate9310253_ordinate
sonicate10310933so_nicate
suricate10312613sur_icate
urticate1049863_urticate

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641327.14320809.3
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691327.57623586.5
 
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