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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 “oblates” 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.

42 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
oblates9191324(None) 
ablates92416901ablates
oblate82214741oblate_
abates85825032ab_ates
ablate82219212ablate_
ablated102513442ablated
alates64833972_alates
bates75846342_b_ates
blades95221252_blades
blames105121862_blames
blares85021632_blares
blate75933782_blate_
blats75132502_blat_s
blazes174817352_blazes
blites84721212_blites
bolases93315002bolases
boletes9316062boletes
borates94823012borates
collates103019142collates
delates83526282delates
dilates83220662dilates
elates65032362_elates
folates103218452folates
gelates83219592gelates
malates93522612malates
oblasts947302oblasts
oblately1343922oblately
obligates12207852obligates
obliges1037142obliges
obviates1345152obviates
oleates7417832oleates
oolites72817842oolites
opiates9312142opiates
orates64328612o_rates
ovulates1148522ovulates
oxalates1557062oxalates
palates93624942palates
plates85432242_plates
relates73731432relates
slates64934062_slates
solates73523852solates
sublates10315002sublates

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671423.31332499.5
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691423.68648478.3
 
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