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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 “decapitated” 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.

25 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
decapitated174494(None) 
decapitate1545871decapitate_
decapitates1655641decapitates
capitated14159042__capitated
decapitator1653802decapitator
decrepitated1872612decrepitated
capitate121712183__capitate_
cavitated15177353__cavitated
deactivated1843733deactivated
deaminated1448013de_aminated
debilitated1543813debilitated
decapitating1854953decapitating
decapitation1748683decapitation
decapitators1753263decapitators
decimated1548953dec__imated
decrepitate1693093decrepitate_
decrepitates1793073decrepitates
delaminated1545783delaminated
depilated1339653de__pilated
deracinated1544863deracinated
desalinated1345773desalinated
devastated1544123deva_stated
dilapidated1652283dilapidated
precipitated1954023precipitated
recapitulated1852433recapitulated

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633254.64026214.0
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691255.04635412.4
 
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