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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 “ablate” 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.

75 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
ablate8221921(None) 
abate76627841ab_ate
ablated102513441ablated
ablates92416901ablates
ablaze17239831ablaze
alate55340331a_late
blate75933781_blate
oblate82214741oblate
abase76023482ab_ase
abated95918452ab_ated
abater85518122ab_ater
abates85825032ab_ates
ablative1348242ablative
ablator939852ablator
ablaut8313262ablaut
ablauts936082ablauts
able66340532abl__e
ablegate1147252ablegate
abluted10188362abluted
abrade9313052abrade
abwatt11410672abwatt
acuate8315632acuate
acylate12310532acylate
adnate72913482adnate
adulate8313232adulate
aerate64830552aerate
aflame1138722aflame
agate66525152a_gate
aglare7312432aglare
agnate73314882agnate
alae45643752a_la_e
alane56135612a_lane
alated75625152a_lated
alates64833972a_lates
albata839332albata
albite8313312albite
ambulate1239732ambulate
anlace82513922anlace
anlage72514232anlage
ansate64517862ansate
aplite8316392aplite
atlatl637872atlatl
aurate64426472aurate
aviate9315202aviate
balata8614682balata
bate66552422_b_ate
blade85923332_blade
blae66134642_bla_e
blame95625492_blame
blare75826232_blare
blase75524232_blase
blat66550952_blat_
blats75132502_blats
blaze165520832_blaze
blite76225352_blite
delate73827752delate
dilate73220692dilate
elate55335882_elate
fabulate1339202fabulate
folate93320392folate
gallate83417132gallate
gelate73421262gelate
labiate91313572labiate
late47560482__late
malate84624562malate
oblates91913242oblates
palate84226792palate
plate74635112_plate
relate64033632relate
slate55438282_slate
solate64526072solate
sublate9315362sublate
tabulate10310892tabulate
vallate103016562vallate
velate93720142velate

Search took 3 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 Limit82551752.48633206.4
3Display Results75750.0302500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691752.85962501.2
 
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