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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 “gatelike” 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.

34 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
gatelike133794(None) 
gamelike1538031gamelike
aguelike1344672aguelike
apelike13310532_apelike
batlike133311882bat_like
cagelike1537722cagelike
catlike132712932cat_like
cavelike1738212cavelike
dateline9810362dateline
fatlike142911192fat_like
gablelike1643662gablelike
gauzelike2342602gauzelike
gladelike1544152gladelike
gluelike1335022gluelike
gnatlike1334742gnat_like
goatlike1346292goat_like
grapelike1644662grapelike
gravelike1744512gravelike
gutlike12308652gut_like
harelike1539612harelike
hatlike143311712hat_like
jadelike2035992jadelike
jutelike1935332jutelike
kitelike1135732kitelike
lacelike1438492lacelike
lakelike1137382lakelike
mazelike2336462mazelike
oatlike113412402oat_like
platelike1546152platelike
ratlike113912352rat_like
slatelike1346152slatelike
tapelike1437492tapelike
vaselike1536992vaselike
wavelike1836612wavelike

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059343.76332170.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.18542698.0
 
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