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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 “mandate” 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.

31 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
mandate1031557(None) 
mandated12310291mandated
mandates11314091mandates
adnate72913482_adnate
andante8311272_andante
ansate64517862_ansate
bandage11311022bandage
bandmate1347972bandmate
caudate10311352caudate
emanate9312472eman_ate
emendate1146782emendate
lanate6421262lan_ate
madame1139852ma_dame
magnate10512702magnate
malate84624562ma_late
maleate94117542maleate
mammate104411272mammate
manage93818902man_age
manat76039992man_at_
manatee9317662man_atee
manats84623462man_ats
mandala10310212mandala
mandator1148182mandator
mandrake1546002mandrake
manducate1445772manducate
manmade1237962manmade
mannite9312902mannite
misdate101413962misdate
mundane1038072mundane
tannate71813522tannate
vanadate1245512vanadate

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671312.98336094.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.40552479.0
 
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