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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 “abbreviates” 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.

33 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
abbreviates185168(None) 
abbreviate1771961abbreviate_
abbreviated1951521abbreviated
abbreviator1861702abbreviator
abbreviators1971572abbreviators
abbreviating2051563abbreviating
abbreviation191175263abbreviation
abbreviations202145023abbreviations
alleviates1344943a_lleviates
appreciates1754723appreciates
ablegates1246794a_ble_gates
abnegates1244944a_bne_gates
abrogates12108974a_br_ogates
aggravates1552824aggrav_ates
aggregates1344124aggre_gates
albertites1244874alberti_tes
alleviate1246064a_lleviate_
alleviated1443964a_lleviated
appreciate1655224appreciate_
appreciated1854204appreciated
arborvitaes1651444arborvitaes
arenites8917104a__reni_tes
arrivistes1342304a_rrivistes
aubretias1145034aubretia__s
aviates10313064a____viates
bloviates1484544__bloviates
brecciates1644264__brecciates
breviaries1564004__breviaries
brevities1446424__brevities
depreciates1664624depreciates
deviates12312734___deviates
margraviates1872024margraviates
obviates1345154_ob__viates

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819338.00018602.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.43621182.0
 
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