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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 “makebate” 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.

48 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
makebate164506(None) 
makebates1744971makebates
macerate122314072macerate
makeable1637252makeable
maleate94117542male_ate
abate76627843_a__bate
acerate92818913_acerate
acerbate1247533_acerbate
acetate92514753_acetate
aerate64830553_a_erate
agemate101210583_agemate
amebae1049633_ameba_e
ameerate1039633ameerate
amoebae1145533amoeba_e
bakelite1447253bakelite
bakeware1745483bakeware
barbate11314543ba_rbate
caseate9314783case_ate
casemate1239843casemate
catenate10312833catenate
debate94419193__debate
galeate83916793gale_ate
lacerate102214713lacerate
macerated142010533macerated
macerater13259523macerater
macerates132113573macerates
maculate122815623maculate
magnate10512703ma_gnate
makable15510203makab_le
makefast1743293makefast
makefasts1841923makefasts
malate84624563ma__late
maleates103316343male_ates
malemute1244923malemute
mammate104411273ma_mmate
mandate10315573ma_ndate
marinate103017783marinate
matelote1047603matelote
maturate10312623maturate
metate82720533m__etate
moderate11710993moderate
paleate94120003pale_ate
racemate1239063racemate
rebate84424113__rebate
snakebite1552903snakebite
takeable1437463takeable
valerate11311473valerate
yokemate1744313yokemate

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162487.47019566.5
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.92322553.5
 
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