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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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135 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
castrates1131267(None) 
castrate10313861castrate_
castrated1239511castrated
castrater1148521castrater
castraters1246471castraters
castratos1147631castratos
carates95630612ca__rates
caseates10313712cas_eates
casemates1349522casemates
castigates1347552castigates
castrati1048642castrat_i
castrato1048522castrat_o
castrator1147642castrator
castrators1247442castrators
citrates102315092c_itrates
lustrates939462lustrates
pastorates12410142pastorates
tartrates979562tartrates
acetates102013063acet_ates
acierates11310813acierates
actuates10310313_actuates
aerates74627493_a_erates
amirates101114793_amirates
asperates11312553_asperates
aspirates1139613_aspirates
astrals75515243_astra_ls
attrites8311563_attrites
australes9317763australes
calibrates1446953calibrates
califates14310113califates
caltraps12327253caltra_ps
cantatas103410093cant_atas
cantraips13255273cantraips
cantraps12319113cantra_ps
canulates11312873canulates
captivates1745493captivates
carafes125015703ca__rafes
carate84734003ca__rate_
carats85929023ca__rat_s
cartages11313313cart_ages
cartes86239473ca__r_tes
cascades13128553cas_cades
caseases10410473cas_eases
caseate9314783cas_eate_
caseated11310713cas_eated
caseinates1247443caseinates
casemate1239843casemate_
casemated1446953casemated
casernes103810753caser_nes
casettes1039653cas_ettes
cassatas1036683cas_satas
cassettes1146703cassettes
castanet10416193cast_anet
castanets1146333cast_anets
castes85631863cas___tes
castigate1247963castigate_
castigated1446323castigated
castles94917733cast__les
castrating1349773castrating
castration12410803castration
castrations13410053castrations
castratory1545143castratory
catenates11311813catenates
catfaces1536963ca_tfaces
caudates11310263ca_udates
cavitates14168963cavitates
cerates95428253c__erates
chlorates142512273chlorates
citrate92216803c_itrate_
citrated112712253c_itrated
classmates1444503classmates
clathrates1545273clathrates
costate94019273cost_ate_
crates85736063c___rates
cultrate10310873cultrate_
cultrated1248223cultrated
curates95323833c__urates
cyanurates1543563cyanurates
disrates91118153dis_rates
estates74520183_est_ates
filtrates1247733filtrates
frustrates1345003frustrates
gastraea954383gastra_ea
gastraeas1063573gastraeas
gastritis1045673gastritis
gastrulates1253453gastrulates
gestates93213733gest_ates
hastate10313913hast_ate_
instates81615833inst_ates
karates115617473ka__rates
lacerates112413773lacerates
lactates10311223lact_ates
lustrate8310443lustrate_
lustrated1037963lustrated
macerates132113573macerates
magistrates1453733magistrates
masticates1449843masticates
masturbates1553423masturbates
maturates11311763maturates
misrates101318243mis_rates
mistraces13312293mistraces
narrates8312763na_rrates
nitrates82516223_nitrates
outrates82421373_outrates
pastorales1247133pastorales
pastorate11411173pastorate_
pastramis1345683pastramis
pastries101517423pastr_ies
pasturages1344923pasturages
patriates11311363pa_triates
postdates1248863postdates
prostrates12411993prostrates
restates83423433rest_ates
rostrate8313843rostrate_
satiates8314633sa_tiates
saturates9811603saturates
states64337083__st_ates
strafes104516003__strafes
strakes114218073__strakes
stratas73013583__stratas
straths102711723__straths
stratus73011733__stratus
striates83417083__striates
substrates12168553substrates
tartrate899683tartrate_
tartrated1096643tartrated
testates83615453test_ates
titrates82314663_titrates
uncastrated1445383uncastrated
unstates81314993unst_ates
upstates10189643upst_ates
valerates12310543valerates
wastages12109753wast_ages
wastries111212883wastr_ies
xanthates1945653xanthates

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1486411356.53022762.8
3Display Results1351350.0632142.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911357.01625469.1
 
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