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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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99 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
palate8422679(None) 
alate55340331_alate
malate84624561malate
palace104516921palace
palates93624941palates
paleate94120001paleate
palmate113215231palmate
palpate113213921palpate
plate74635111p_late
abate76627842_abate
ablate82219212ablate
agate66525152_agate
alae45643752_ala_e
alane56135612_alane
alated75625152_alated
alates64833972_alates
aplite8316392aplite
balata8614682balata
blate75933782_blate
carate84734002carate
dealate83617842dealate
delate73827752delate
dilate73220692dilate
elate55335882_elate
epilate9314282epilate
falcate12311622falcate
folate93320392folate
galatea839972galatea
galeate83916792galeate
gallate83417132gallate
gelate73421262gelate
halite93624232halite
hamate113319832hamate
karate105320932karate
lanate6421262lanate
late47560482__late
malates93522612malates
maleate94117542maleate
oblate82214742oblate
oxalate1457622oxalate
palaced124110782palaced
palaces114216462palaces
palais8420422palais
palapa10310672palapa
palatal9310152palatal
palatine10316072palatine
palaver1238752palaver
pale66055012pal__e
paleae84820292paleae
palet74650802palet_
palets85122312palets
palette93613982palette
pallet84232652pallet
palliate10311902palliate
palmated132511002palmated
palpated13249762palpated
palpates122613062palpates
palter84423262pal_ter
parade94720642parade
parae76335712para_e
parlante1039692parlante
paste74932952pa_ste
pate65350462p__ate
pavane114113442pavane
pedate93117762pedate
pelage9515362pelage
pelite84323002pelite
peltate92013772peltate
pileate93815922pileate
pirate82322882pirate
placate11312432placate
place94824612p_lace
plage84520402p_lage
planate9314572planate
plane74929142p_lane
plat66048872p_lat_
plated95225772p_lated
platen84518202p_laten
plater84427692p_later
plates85432242p_lates
plats75531372p_lats
platy105021662p_laty
polite83625072polite
prate75135982p_rate
prelate9519692prelate
prolate9419792prolate
pulsate9510232pulsate
pupate104213122pupate
ramate83921692ramate
relate64033632relate
salute64418022salute
savate9313782savate
slate55438282_slate
solate64526072solate
vacate11314552vacate
vallate103016562vallate
valuate102512732valuate
valvate133710812valvate
velate93720142velate

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551992.70330540.5
3Display Results99990.0303300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691993.07658092.0
 
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