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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 “advocates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

46 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
advocates154588(None) 
advocate1445831advocate_
advocated1644641advocated
advocacies1853122advocacies
advocator1563792advocator
advocators1663912advocators
allocates11410472allocates
invocates1447642invocates
abdicates1448153abdicates
abrogates12108973abrogates
adipocytes1852773adipocytes
adsorbates1342833adsorbates
adulates9311913ad_ulates
aduncate1145573aduncate_
advected1534533advec_ted
advects13276013advec_t_s
advices13136933advic__es
advocacy1952273advoca_cy
advocating1744483advocating
advocation1645743advocation
advocations1755413advocations
advocative1943963advocative
aguacates1244583aguacates
allocate10411023allocate_
allocated1248093allocated
ammocetes1544313ammocetes
annotates977293annotates
apholates1449683apholates
arrogates10129423arrogates
associates12115883associates
autocades1246793autocades
automates11412053automates
aviates10313063a_v_iates
avocadoes1562343a_vocadoes
avocados1472983a_vocados
avocets1235453a_vocet_s
colocates13312853colocates
donates83217223_d_onates
educates1139623ed_ucates
invocate1347833invocate_
invocated1546203invocated
locates93218813__locates
odonates947743od_onates
radicates12412073rad_icates
relocates11712933relocates
vacates12312833__vacates

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641466.23323847.4
3Display Results46460.0331393.9
 (SQL Overall)178691466.68926714.2
 
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