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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 “meliorator” 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.

26 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
meliorator1210522(None) 
ameliorator13102641ameliorator
meliorators13115001meliorators
ameliorators14112522ameliorators
amelioratory17112062amelioratory
meliorate1179482meliorat_e
meliorated1377002meliorated
meliorates1288902meliorates
melioration1368182melioration
ameliorate1244733ameliorat_e
ameliorated1453413ameliorated
ameliorates1354243ameliorates
amelioration1464003amelioration
calibrator1444213calibrator
celebrator1444973celebrator
decorator1248573de_corator
delineator1174173delineator
denigrator1245223denigrator
mediator1139043medi__ator
meditator1246593medi_tator
meliorating1446563meliorating
meliorations1466753meliorations
meliorative1655153meliorative
migrator1147873m__igrator
perforator1545443perforator
perorator1149743pe_rorator

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 Filter1786911406030.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit140603266.26622439.0
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.66926794.3
 
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