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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 “locate” 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.

60 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
locate8391984(None) 
lobate82915241lobate
locale83915651locale
located103114181located
locater93113601locater
locates93218811locates
allocate10411022allocate
borate85026152borate
cate66254602__cate
colocate12313442colocate
comate104124842comate
donate73619502donate
folate93320392folate
globate1057822globate
iodate7313502iodate
lactate9312692lactate
lanate6421262lanate
late47560482l__ate
legate72917452legate
ligate72519252ligate
loath84918602lo_ath
loathe94211382lo_athe
lobated102610942lobated
loca65527682loca__
local74820272loca_l
locales93715092locales
localite101411542localite
locals83714502locals
locaters102710072locaters
locative1338682locative
locator93110422locator
lockage1436612lockage
locket123922472locket
loculate101011402loculate
locule83412032locule
loricate10310662loricate
lotte54923852lo_tte
lovage1037352lovage
lovat8321042lovat_
lovats939072lovats
lucite8313342lucite
lunate6316042lunate
luxate1338082luxate
lyrate94112102lyrate
lysate9388102lysate
notate63217862notate
oleate6318882oleate
oocyte1135752oocyte
orate55133302_orate
ovate84214392_ovate
placate11312432placate
plicate11314512plicate
relocate10713532relocate
rotate63320342rotate
socage91012122socage
solate64526072solate
toccate1138772toccate
togate74515682togate
vacate11314552vacate
zonate154114922zonate

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551602.51632810.4
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691602.87262218.3
 
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