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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 “excavates” 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.

37 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
excavates214468(None) 
excavate2045051excavate_
excavated2243891excavated
escalates1148822escalates
excavator2143652excavator
excavators2243542excavators
carates95630613__carates
ecartes94212563e_ca_rtes
elevates111110423e_levates
emaciates1347883emaciates
emanates10311333e_manates
enervates1248723enervates
escalades1244403escalades
escalate1039323escalate_
escalated1247303escalated
escapades1442993escapades
estivates12109753estivates
evacuates14256803evacuates
exabytes2043613ex_abytes
excaudate1943423excaudate_
excavating2344113excavating
excavation2245433excavation
excavations2345083excavations
excites16310633exc__ites
exclaves2044923exc_laves
excoriates1946323excoriates
excretes1787573exc_retes
exculpates2144123exculpates
execrates1839563execrates
expatiates1944893expatiates
expiates17810213ex_piates
extubates1844843extubates
exudates1636623ex_udates
exuviates1945373exuviates
oxalates1557063ox_alates
savates10312953__savates
vicarates1487623vicarates

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.873204686.1
2DLD Change Limit148641378.01618543.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.90520066.4
 
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