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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 “legitimates” 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.

31 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
legitimates145402(None) 
legitimate1354131legitimate_
legitimated1553691legitimated
legitimacies1762412legitimacies
legitimately1862052legitimately
legitimatizes2562782legitimatizes
legitimator1453402legitimator
legitimators1553402legitimators
legitimises1473462legitimises
legitimizes2363362legitimizes
estimates11911363_e_stimates
illegitimate1561473illegitimate_
legislates1164413legi_slates
legitimacy1861973legitima_cy
legitimating1653813legitimating
legitimation1555163legitimation
legitimations1654793legitimations
legitimatize2453083legitimatize
legitimatized2662573legitimatized
legitimise1373523legitimise_
legitimised1572743legitimised
legitimisms1663133legitimisms
legitimists1463463legitimists
legitimize2253543legitimize_
legitimized2473233legitimized
legitimizer2362633legitimizer
legitimizers2461993legitimizers
levitates1247863levit__ates
litigates1048003l__itigates
negotiates1145153negoti_ates
reestimates1346353reestimates

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633314.70325862.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691315.10934975.7
 
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