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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 “medicate” 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.

35 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
medicate1351324(None) 
dedicate12312801dedicate
mediate103415211medi_ate
medicare1347481medicare
medicated15410071medicated
medicates14312111medicates
meditate11310621meditate
abdicate1348902abdicate
dedicated14310252dedicated
dedicatee13410342dedicatee
dedicates13311692dedicates
delicate11315492delicate
educate10310212_educate
indicate11313352indicate
mediae94217412medi_a_e
mediated123011872medi_ated
mediates112814062medi_ates
medicable1647502medicable
medicaid1445782medicaid
medical12312512medica_l
medicals1349362medicals
medicant13910832medicant
medicants1466782medicants
medicares1446872medicares
medicide1447712medicide
medicine1349542medicine
meditated1348082meditated
meditates1239812meditates
meniscate1346222meniscate
metricate1349922metricate
muricate12311112muricate
predicate14411782predicate
radicate11412872radicate
redictate1249062redictate
vesicate131210052vesicate

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059353.34336212.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.74947663.6
 
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