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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 “oblate” 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.

55 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
oblate8221474(None) 
ablate82219211ablate
blate75933781_blate
oblates91913241oblates
abate76627842ab_ate
ablated102513442ablated
ablates92416902ablates
ablaze17239832ablaze
alate55340332_alate
bate66552422_b_ate
blade85923332_blade
blae66134642_bla_e
blame95625492_blame
blare75826232_blare
blase75524232_blase
blat66550952_blat_
blats75132502_blats
blaze165520832_blaze
blite76225352_blite
bolete8519612bolete
borate85026152borate
collate92919682collate
delate73827752delate
dilate73220692dilate
elate55335882_elate
folate93320392folate
gelate73421262gelate
late47560482__late
lobate82915242lob_ate
lobulate1078832lobulate
malate84624562malate
oblast8613662oblast
oblasti945952oblasti
oblasts947302oblasts
oblately1343922oblately
obligate11198302obligate
oblige937652oblige
obovate1235462obovate
obviate1235782obviate
oleate6318882oleate
oolite63319602oolite
opiate8513462opiate
orate55133302o_rate
ornate6315142ornate
outate62923402outate
ovate84214392o_vate
ovulate1039452ovulate
oxalate1457622oxalate
palate84226792palate
plate74635112_plate
relate64033632relate
slate55438282_slate
solate64526072solate
sublate9315362sublate
velate93720142velate

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551552.75030018.5
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.10957475.4
 
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