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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 “elaborate” 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.

31 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
elaborate114689(None) 
elaborated1345001elaborated
elaborates1246321elaborates
elaborately1651952elaborately
elaborative1653772elaborative
evaporate1445492evaporate
glabrate1146042glab_rate
laborite10410702_laborite
unelaborate1352382unelaborate
borate85026153___borate
celebrate1348093celeb_rate
clathrate1445353clathrate
collaborate1593963collaborate
deliberate1347123deliberate
dolabrate1244493dolab_rate
elaborating1444863elaborating
elaboration1345743elaboration
elaterite949733elaterite
electorate1247603electorate
ephorate1359503e_phorate
evaporated1644423evaporated
evaporates1545463evaporates
evaporite1445273evaporite
exuberate1845623exuberate
labiate91313573_lab_iate
laborites1149263_laborites
lacerate102214713_lacerate
liberate101113383_liberate
librate93214233_lib_rate
meliorate1179493mel_iorate
perborate13510143perborate

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 Limit148641317.12320867.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.56223630.1
 
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