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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 “gesticulation” 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
gesticulation169470(None) 
gesticulations1784111gesticulations
denticulation1654562denticulation
gesticulating1773942gesticulating
gesticulative1962952gesticulative
gesticulator1553792gesticulat_or
restimulation1555382restimulation
reticulation1448052re_ticulation
vesiculation1746112ves_iculation
articulation1447973_articulation
denticulations1753913denticulations
fasciculation20133563fasciculation
gastrulation1353833gast_rulation
gesticulate1445663gesticulat__e
gesticulated1654543gesticulat_ed
gesticulates1555043gesticulat_es
gesticulators1652953gesticulators
gesticulatory1952613gesticulatory
restimulations1654643restimulations
reticulations1556613re_ticulations
spiculation1547033__spiculation
stimulation1377223__stimulation
stipulation1356333__stipulation
vermiculation2054593vermiculation
vesiculations1845323ves_iculations

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 Filter178691658741.030173486.4
2DLD Change Limit65874255.75011456.3
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691256.79626293.6
 
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