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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 “germinate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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82 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
germinate124863(None) 
geminate11411811ge_minate
germinated1446561germinated
germinates1347761germinates
terminate11411201terminate
deaminate12410172deaminate
geminated1338552ge_minated
geminates12310042ge_minates
germina1038502germina__
germinal1147262germina_l
germinant1246182germinant
germinative1755042germinative
terminated1348162terminated
terminates12410002terminates
abominate1347023abominate
acuminate1347573acuminate
agminate1139243_agminate
aluminate1149373aluminate
brominate1348853brominate
carinate103320253car_inate
circinate1347813circinate
criminate1348983criminate
culminate1347813culminate
deaminase1245383deaminase
deaminated1448013deaminated
deaminates1349383deaminates
delaminate1347373delaminate
denominate13167683denominate
deracinate1356563deracinate
derivate12311203der_ivate
determinate1446623determinate
dominate11312853_dominate
echinate1359403_echinate
eliminate1147733eliminate
emanate9312473_e_manate
emirate91015833_e_mirate
ermine8416923_ermin__e
exterminate2054543exterminate
fermate122813003ferm__ate
festinate1249473festinate
fulminate1446553fulminate
geminal10109913ge_mina_l
gemmate12418383ge_m_mate
germane1049663germ__ane
germanize2148263germanize
germicide1574263germicide
germiest11249923germiest_
germinally1655253germinally
germinating1546173germinating
germination14148973germination
germiness1257693germiness
hermitage1543863hermitage
herniate1148113herni_ate
laminate103014633_laminate
marginate12179603marginate
marinate103017783mar_inate
nominate10312473_nominate
ordinate9310253_ordinate
pectinate1349553pectinate
pepsinate1346633pepsinate
perennate1147783perennate
permeate12311613perm_eate
personate112111423personate
reclinate11410023reclinate
recriminate1555233recriminate
renominate12178423renominate
resinate8316773re_sinate
ruinate7312833__ruinate
ruminate10511473_ruminate
serenate81914883ser_enate
seriate73722473ser_i_ate
staminate1187983staminate
terminable1476603terminable
terminal1039733termina_l
terminals1147463terminals
terminative1656133terminative
terminator1246633terminator
termite9313893termi__te
ternate7415483ter__nate
turbinate1146673turbinate
ungerminated1653333ungerminated
urinate7315363_ur_inate

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641826.75022020.9
3Display Results82820.0332484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691827.20324807.9
 
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