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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 “matriculate” 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.

29 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
matriculate154619(None) 
matriculated1754611matriculated
matriculates1655471matriculates
articulate12410242_articulate
auriculate1246492_auriculate
matriculant1553802matriculant
matriculants1652722matriculants
particulate1548312particulate
aciculate132510803_a_ciculate
apiculate13279883_a_piculate
articulated1447623_articulated
articulates1349043_articulates
auriculae1145163_auricula_e
fasciculate1854003fasciculate
inarticulate1454563inarticulate
maculate122815623ma___culate
mandibulate1652843mandibulate
manipulate1445163ma_nipulate
matriculating1863983matriculating
matriculation17125383matriculation
metricate1349913metric__ate
misarticulate1793333misarticulate
paniculate1447213pa_niculate
particulates1647363particulates
patriciate1446323patric_iate
rearticulate1455043rearticulate
reticulate12219783ret_iculate
stridulate1144993_stridulate
tribulate1148083__tribulate

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633294.59326482.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.99935745.3
 
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