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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgrates” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

18 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
grates7542988(None) 
crates85736051crates
gates65939501g_ates
graces94523491graces
grades84926311grades
grapes95123121grapes
grate64932881grate_
grated84523921grated
grater74625431grater
graters85419731graters
gratis74819241gratis
graves104624001graves
grazes164519641grazes
gyrates113610261gyrates
orates64328611orates
prates84633161prates
rates55352011_rates
urates65027761urates

Search took 4 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 Filter178691487550.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit48755182.14022782.7
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691182.45272875.6