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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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124 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
hesitate116997(None) 
hesitated1377781hesitated
hesitater1276921hesitater
hesitates1269791hesitates
estate64719762_es_tate
gestate83614072ges_tate
hastate10313912has_tate
hebetate1347052hebetate
heritage1246532heritage
hesitance1445552hesitance
hesitant1149082hesitant
hesitaters1374852hesitaters
hesitator1286022hesitator
levitate1137932levitate
meditate11310622meditate
resinate8316772resinate
resituate948612resituate
restate73824882res_tate
testate73916232tes_tate
vesicate131210052vesicate
aestivate12127663aestivate
agitate8312063_agitate
aristate8312133aristate
bistate9313823bis_tate
capitate121712183capitate
cavitate13159833cavitate
celibate1259313celibate
cogitate1148553cogitate
costate94019273cos_tate
crepitate1385953crepitate
cristate10310603cristate
decimate13411123decimate
dedicate12312803dedicate
delicate11315493delicate
denitrate10810533denitrate
dentate8315153de_ntate
depilate11311703depilate
derivate12311203derivate
desiccate1445923desiccate
designate1147113designate
desolate9411993desolate
destitute1046883destitute
deviate11312723devi_ate
digitate1098683digitate
emirate91015833_emirate
epilate9314283_epilate
estated83715573_es_tated
estates74520183_es_tates
estimate10912003_estimate
estivate111010003_estivate
festinate1249473festinate
geminate11411813geminate
gestated102910573ges_tated
gestates93213733ges_tates
habitat12411053habitat_
habitats1346733habitats
habituate1443923habituate
headgate1346483headgate
hebetated1544663hebetated
hebetates1446443hebetates
hectare1238473he_ctare
hektare1435513he_ktare
helictite1445973helictite
helotage1245713helotage
helpmate1545603helpmate
hematite131612153hematite
heptane1238363he_ptane
heritable1439453heritable
heritages1346713heritages
hermitage1543863hermitage
herniate1148113herniate
hesitances1545543hesitances
hesitancy1743543hesitancy
hesitantly1653003hesitantly
hesitating1448003hesitating
hesitation1349633hesitation
hesitators1385853hesitators
hessite1038993hes_site
hostage113111233hos_tage
imitate9310873_imitate
instate71616483ins_tate
irritate867873irritate
levigate1246623levigate
levirate1147623levirate
levitated1346413levitated
levitates1247873levitates
mediate103415213medi_ate
medicate13513243medicate
meditated1348083meditated
meditates1239813meditates
messmate1246393messmate
metate82720533me__tate
militate10311673militate
misstate10711343misstate
pectate112214693pe_ctate
peltate92013773pe_ltate
pepsinate1346633pepsinate
redictate1249063redictate
resinated10413283resinated
resinates9314773resinates
resite64128453resi__te
resituated1147323resituated
resituates1047753resituates
reslate73520593res_late
resonate8513513resonate
restage83316193res_tage
restated93120183res_tated
restates83423443res_tates
restitute947753restitute
sanitate8612043sanitate
septate9511873se_ptate
seriate73722473seri_ate
situate7410783__situate
state56237333__s_tate
testae64216253tes_ta_e
testates83615453tes_tates
tristate8311033tristate
unstate71916213uns_tate
upstate91610493ups_tate
vegetate1246673vegetate
veritates12310973veritates
vesicae12177703vesica_e
vesicated15117653vesicated
vesicates14119033vesicates

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit1461621249.01616211.4
3Display Results1241240.0462695.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911249.48218845.3
 
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