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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 “excavating” 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.

36 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
excavating234411(None) 
escalating1347092escalating
excavation2245432excavation
excavations2345082excavations
cavatina1347333__cavatina
cavatine13310323__cavatine
caveating1539293__caveating
elevating1338203e_levating
emaciating1546823emaciating
emanating1239003e_manating
enervating1488433enervating
escalading1443573escalading
escheating1645883escheating
estivating1447633estivating
evacuating1645683evacuating
exacting1838523ex_a_cting
exalting1638033ex_a_lting
excavate2045053excavat__e
excavated2243893excavat_ed
excavates2144683excavat_es
excavational2452763excavational
excavator2143653excavat_or
excavators2243543excavators
excepting2145873exc_epting
excerpting2244143excerpting
exciting1838023exc__iting
excoriating2145483excoriating
excreting1946433exc_reting
exculpating2343553exculpating
execrating2047883execrating
exhausting2143153exhausting
expatiating2144363expatiating
expiating1938543ex_piating
extubating2044423extubating
exuviating2144523exuviating
oxalating1745803ox_alating

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603366.06323190.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.48527554.5
 
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