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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 “ligatures” 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.

49 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
ligatures104493(None) 
ligature945131ligature_
ligatured1143331ligatured
filatures1245852filatures
ligates82318382ligat__es
ligures8269892lig__ures
plicatures1443982plicatures
signatures1153522signatures
arcatures1186843arcatures
armatures1166983armatures
cinctures1346063cinctures
creatures1138423creatures
cubatures1344433cubatures
denatures1038133denatures
features11310333_features
figures11239113fig__ures
filature1145423filature_
fixtures1835283fi_xtures
hiatuses1135773hi_atuses
immatures1344333immatures
lectures101310153l_ectures
legatees9258433legat_ees
legates82917683legat__es
legators92811033legator_s
levatores12225733levatores
ligases82310713liga__ses
ligate72519253ligat__e_
ligated92414143ligat__ed
ligations102111993ligations
ligative1258803ligative_
ligaturing1293063ligaturing
lightered1446283lightered
lighters123111393lighter_s
ligules82210923lig__ules
ligure7279473lig__ure_
literatures1183653literatures
litres65220393li__t_res
matures9314313__matures
miniatures1245143miniatures
mixtures1735753mi_xtures
natures7311963__natures
ossatures943423ossatures
pictures1249343pi_ctures
plicature1344023plicature_
renatures939453renatures
signature1053763signature_
statures83711113_statures
tinctures1144923tinctures
viatores11257683vi_atores

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641497.14020818.1
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691497.57923577.1
 
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