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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 “exterminator” 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.

30 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
exterminator215325(None) 
exterminators2252961exterminators
exterminatory2562481exterminatory
determinator1554572determinator
exterminate2054542exterminat_e
exterminated2253602exterminated
exterminates2154292exterminates
extermination2275742extermination
terminator1246632__terminator
determinators1653893determinators
exterminating2373863exterminating
exterminations2365123exterminations
terminators1346033__terminators
alternator1044554alter__nator
determinate1446624determinat_e
determination1657644determination
eliminator1245124e__liminator
extenuator1753224exte__nuator
exterior1547394exter_i___or
extermine1848284extermin___e
extermined2045324extermin__ed
extermines1947784extermin__es
extermining2154044extermin_ing
exteroceptor2361854exteroceptor
extirpator1953274extir__pator
inseminator1354244inse_minator
terminate11411204__terminat_e
terminated1348164__terminated
terminates12410004__terminates
termination131311164__termination

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit124790307.62616363.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.06222164.6
 
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