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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 “medicated” 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.

28 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
medicated1541007(None) 
dedicated14310251dedicated
mediated123011871medi_ated
medicate13513241medicate_
medicates14312111medicates
meditated1348081meditated
abdicated1547012abdicated
dedicate12312802dedicate_
dedicatee13410342dedicatee
dedicates13311692dedicates
educated1237942_educated
indicated13310952indicated
mediate103415212medi_ate_
mediates112814072medi_ates
medicaid1445782medica_id
medicare1347482medicare_
medicares1446872medicares
medicined1545112medicined
meditate11310622meditate_
meditates1239812meditates
medivaced1843132medivaced
metricated1547302metricated
muricated1448242muricated
predicated1649142predicated
radicated13410122radicated
redictated1447482redictated
unmedicated1744102unmedicated
vesicated15117652vesicated

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436286.72018070.8
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.12325086.5
 
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