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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 “medicares” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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74 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
medicares144687(None) 
medicare1347481medicare_
medicates14312111medicates
dedicates13311692dedicates
mediacies1447182mediacies
mediates112814062medi_ates
medicaids1544002medicaids
medicals1349362medica_ls
medicants1466782medicants
medicate13513242medicate_
medicated15410072medicated
medicides1556582medicides
medicines1447902medicines
meditates1239812meditates
pedicures1445262pedicures
abdicates1448153abdicates
aldicarbs1442023aldicarbs
decares102818533__decares
deciares11510633deci_ares
dedicate12312803dedicate_
dedicated14310253dedicated
dedicatee13410343dedicatee
dedicatees1445313dedicatees
delicates12314313delicates
educates1139623_educates
epicarps1444783_epicarps
epicures1246513_epicures
indicates12312583indicates
manicures1346263manicures
mediae94217413medi_a_e_
medials103914733medi_a_ls
medians103214213medi_a_ns
mediants11299493medi_ants
medias93620783medi_a__s
mediate103415213medi_ate_
mediated123011873medi_ated
medicable1647503medicable
medicaid1445783medica_id
medical12312513medica__l
medically17310113medically
medicament1744883medicament
medicaments1853713medicaments
medicant13910833medica_nt
medicide1447713medicide_
medicine1349543medicine_
medicined1545113medicined
medicks16368413medic__ks
medicos12339833medic__os
medics114115353medic___s
medigaps1463883mediga_ps
medinas103411463medina__s
mediocre1343473mediocre_
meditate11310623meditate_
meditated1348083meditated
medivaced1843133medivaced
medivacs1644003mediva_cs
medlars10259443med_lar_s
mendicants1553943mendicants
mesocarps1543103mesocarps
meticais1248183metica_is
meticals12310763metica_ls
metricates1449123metricates
minicars12118523minicar_s
musicales1346703musicales
pedicabs1544593pedica_bs
pedicles1338683pedic_les
pedicure1345183pedicure_
pedicured1543593pedicured
pericarps1544473pericarps
predicates15410823predicates
radicates12412073radicates
redictates1348233redictates
redwares1239053red_wares
vesicates14119033vesicates

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641746.37323323.6
3Display Results74740.0332242.4
 (SQL Overall)178691746.82926166.5
 
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