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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 “palmate” 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.

38 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
palmate11321523(None) 
palate84226791pal_ate
paleate94120001paleate
palmated132511001palmated
palpate113213921palpate
alate55340332_al_ate
falcate12311622falcate
galeate83916792galeate
gallate83417132gallate
hamate113319832ha_mate
malate84624562mal_ate
maleate94117542maleate
mammate104411272mammate
palace104516922pal_ace
palates93624942pal_ates
paleae84820292palea_e
palette93613982palette
palliate10311902palliate
palmar104113472palma_r
palmary14338552palmary
palmately1644442palmately
palmette1247732palmette
palmitate1346412palmitate
palpated13249762palpated
palpates122613062palpates
peltate92013772peltate
pileate93815922pileate
placate11312432placate
planate9314572planate
plate74635112p_l_ate
playmate1566462playmate
plumate1149802plumate
primate111516282primate
pulsate9510232pulsate
ramate83921692ra_mate
vallate103016562vallate
valuate102512732valuate
valvate133710812valvate

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 Filter1786911076710.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit107671386.98315419.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.48223882.8
 
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