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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 “creator” 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.

34 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
creator9371444(None) 
creators102814411creators
cremator1269191cremator
aerator7314842aerator
caveator1387232caveator
cheater124816962cheater
chelator1347912chelator
citator9310122citator
cocreator1346962cocreator
crater85026642cr_ater
craton84517192cr_aton
creamer113714092creamer
creaser94415742creaser
create85126382creat_e
created104323452created
creates95225202creates
creatin93618132creatin
creation102816512creation
creature1038742creature
creditor1145902creditor
cremators1369822cremators
crematory1647212crematory
curator9312212curator
erector93513812erector
greater84416492greater
orator6314532or_ator
praetor938972praetor
predator11310052predator
pretor8315752pre_tor
reactor93011652_reactor
realtor73611352_realtor
rector84019752_rector
relator74016362_relator
treater74219832treater

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671343.55030329.9
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691343.94045353.0
 
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