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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 “ligate” 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.

65 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
ligate7251925(None) 
legate72917451legate
ligase7259911ligase
ligated92414141ligated
ligates82318381ligates
agate66525152_agate
binate8419772binate
climate11312832climate
dilate73220692dilate
ergate7315142ergate
fixate1638732fixate
frigate11311062frigate
gate55746572__gate
ingate73018242ingate
irate55627982_irate
jugate14379462jugate
lanate6421262lanate
late47560482l__ate
legated92513982legated
legatee82814632legatee
legates82917682legates
legato72810952legato
levigate1246622levigate
liane54720662li_ane
librate93214232librate
liftgate1243412liftgate
ligan67920282liga_n
ligand85011292ligand
ligans76817732ligans
ligases82310712ligases
ligative1258802ligative
ligature945132ligature
light94429602light_
lighted122913502lighted
lighten112811522lighten
lighter113113442lighter
lights104519912lights
lignite81310302lignite
ligulate92510252ligulate
ligule74010832ligule
ligure7279472ligure
limbate1139212limbate
linage7713402linage
lineate7815152lineate
lipase8239102lipase
liquate1638422liquate
lite47054552li__te
litigate948302litigate
lobate82915242lobate
locate83919842locate
lunate6316042lunate
luxate1338082luxate
lyrate94112102lyrate
lysate9388102lysate
migrate101314172migrate
misate81222692misate
negate72915572negate
nidate7313782nidate
obligate11198302obligate
pirate82322882pirate
plicate11314512plicate
rugate75813812rugate
sigmate10710142sigmate
togate74515682togate
virgate1138732virgate

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551652.54632423.8
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691652.90561511.5
 
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