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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 “exaggerative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
exaggerative247263(None) 
exaggerate1954332exaggerat__e
exaggerating2253182exaggerating
exaggeration2153862exaggeration
exaggerated2153763exaggerat_ed
exaggerates2054133exaggerat_es
exaggerations2253483exaggerations
exaggerator2052433exaggerat_or
exaggerators2162243exaggerators
exaggeratory2461873exaggeratory
exonerative2155393ex_onerative
aggregative1753364__aggregative
elaborative1653774ela_borative
enumerative1654754e_numerative
evaporative1953614eva_porative
exaggeratedly2691674exaggeratedly
exasperate1954024exasperat__e
exasperating2253184exasperating
exasperation2154024exasperation
excogitative2562114excogitative
execrative2246044ex__ecrative
exertive1839084ex___er_tive
exhilarative2561744exhilarative
explorative2354244ex_plorative
lacerative1556284_la_cerative

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790256.84318236.2
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691257.24924650.4
 
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