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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 “alligators” 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.

39 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
alligators114577(None) 
alligator1046111alligator_
allocators1246082allocators
avigators13177092a_vigators
obligators13195442obligators
palliators1245822palli_ators
abdicators1546263abdicators
ablators1069873abl__ators
abnegators1343673abnegators
abrogators1345223abrogators
activators1545943activators
agitators1046623a_gitators
alienators1045783alienators
allegations1246043allegations
alleviators14103173alleviators
allocator1145783allocator_
allogamous1353203allogamous
animators111210423a_nimators
applicators1744253applicators
arrogators1145373arrogators
aspirators1247003aspirators
aviators11169903a_vi_ators
avigator12236773a_vigator_
castigators1445543castigators
collimators1594783collimators
delegators1245633delegators
fumigators1643793fumigators
irrigators1145633irrigators
laminators1247053laminators
legators92811033__legators
litigators1145383litigators
mitigators1345373mitigators
navigators1464823navigators
obligator12195693obligator_
obligatory16164173obligatory
obligatos12195063obligato_s
palliator1146003palli_ator_
pollinators1354543pollinators
salivators13135753salivators

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603395.39326071.4
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691395.56232127.1
 
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