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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 “explicatory” 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.

29 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
explicatory255384(None) 
explicator2145151explicator_
explicators2244711explicators
applicatory2053402applicatory
expiatory2145182exp_i_atory
expiratory2244732exp_iratory
explanatory2352602explanatory
exploratory2353132exploratory
applicator1645103applicator_
applicators1744253applicators
duplicator1544803duplicator_
duplicators1644293duplicators
excitatory2254343ex_citatory
exclamatory2552113exclamatory
expiator1747043exp_i_ator_
expiators1846803exp_i_ators
expletory2142973expl__etory
explicably2653823explica_bly
explicate20117493explicat__e
explicated22106103explicat_ed
explicates2196663explicat_es
explicating2356123explicating
explication2248453explication
explications2347533explications
explicative2554453explicative
explicitly2452563explicit_ly
expurgatory2452293expurgatory
placatory1645723__placatory
supplicatory2181903supplicatory

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633294.81325271.8
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691295.21634258.2
 
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