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

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

64 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
legates8291768(None) 
legate72917451legate_
legated92513981legated
legatee82814631legatee
legatees9258431legatees
legatos82711181legatos
ligates82318381ligates
negates83215841negates
ablegates1246792ablegates
aerates74627492aerates
agates76121342_agates
begazes1937962begazes
berates94126872berates
cerates95428252cerates
debates103718532debates
degames113312622degames
degases93413102degases
delates83526282delates
delegates1139842delegates
derates84028892derates
elates65032362_elates
elevates111110422elevates
eluates72014682eluates
enates64026422_enates
ergates8314492ergates
gates65939512__gates
gelates83219582gelates
ingates82716912ingates
leagues837942leagues
leases65428112le_ases
leaves94222382le_aves
legacies1139042legacies
legalese954752legalese
legals73412732lega_ls
legato72810952legat_o
legator83011132legator
legators92811032legators
leges64427282leg__es
legits71313002legit_s
legumes1036632legumes
lenites7818442lenites
levigates1346492levigates
ligases82310712ligases
ligate72519252ligate_
ligated92414142ligated
locates93218812locates
luxates1436972luxates
lysates10317472lysates
metates92720012metates
negate72915572negate_
negated93413232negated
negater83711962negater
negaters9349782negaters
oleates7417832ole_ates
penates93321592penates
rebates95123182rebates
redates83423872redates
regales83520792regales
regrates92618402regrates
relates73731432relates
relegates10310942relegates
remates93827112remates
sedates83418032sedates
senates73322582senates

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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671643.34332207.9
3Display Results64640.0302133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691643.49951069.2
 
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