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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 “designator” 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.

32 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
designator124471(None) 
designators1344301designators
designatory1653381designatory
denigrator1245222denigrator
desiccator1543992desiccator
designate1147112designat_e
designated1345932designated
designates1246362designates
designation1347482designation
cosignatory1752943cosignatory
decimator1447733deci_mator
dedicator1348253dedi_cator
delegator1146243deleg_ator
delineator1174173delineator
denigrators1344523denigrators
denigratory1653513denigratory
depilator1247653depi_lator
desalinator1254353desalinator
desecrator1346003desecrator
desiccators1643803desiccators
designating1446073designating
designations1456943designations
designative1654333designative
designer1036543design__er
desolator1046673des_olator
detonator1045983de_tonator
deviator1248323devi__ator
dominator1258233domi_nator
hesitator1286023hesi_tator
resignation1247473resignation
resonator946363res_onator
signatory1344623__signatory

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 Filter1786911406030.860207780.2
2DLD Change Limit140603326.81320637.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.68923239.8
 
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