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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 “decontaminated” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 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
decontaminated2012271(None) 
decontaminate18112911decontaminate_
decontaminates19112971decontaminates
recontaminated19122921recontaminated
contaminated1755272__contaminated
decontaminator1972322decontaminator
recontaminate17103192recontaminate_
recontaminates18113032recontaminates
uncontaminated1972832uncontaminated
contaminate1556573__contaminate_
contaminates1656313__contaminates
decontaminating2162763decontaminating
decontamination2083253decontamination
decontaminators2072093decontaminators
contaminator1654994__contaminator
deaminated1448014de____aminated
decorticated18144174decort__icated
delaminated1545784de___laminated
denominated15166254de__n_ominated
recontaminating2062764recontaminating
recontamination1983544recontamination

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 Filter178691658740.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit65874217.7338518.6
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691218.10922036.1
 
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