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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 “ligature” 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.

50 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
ligature94513(None) 
ligatured1143331ligatured
ligatures1044931ligatures
filature1145432filature
ligate72519252ligat__e
ligative1258802ligative
ligure7279472lig__ure
plicature1344022plicature
signature1053762signature
arcature1086503arcature
armature10106973armature
cincture1245583cincture
creature1038743creature
cubature1244693cubature
denature938073denature
feature1039853_feature
figure10258833fig__ure
filatures1245863filatures
fixture1734963fi_xture
immature1244443immature
lecture9149523l_ecture
legate72917453legat__e
legatee82814633legat_ee
legatine91311403legatine
legator83011133legator_
legators92811033legators
ligase7259913liga__se
ligated92414143ligat_ed
ligates82318383ligat_es
ligating102212283ligating
ligation92313093ligation
ligaturing1293063ligaturing
lighter113113443lighter_
lightered1446283lightered
lighters123111393lighters
ligule74010833lig__ule
ligures8269893lig__ures
literature1094193literature
litre55421463li__t_re
mature8313473__mature
miniature1145263miniature
mixture1635413mi_xture
nature6311263__nature
ossature843303ossature
picture1158613pi_cture
plicatures1443983plicatures
renature839333renature
signatures1153523signatures
stature74410683_stature
tincture1044673tincture

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162507.47019566.5
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691507.90622601.9
 
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