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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 “germinative” 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.

30 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
germinative175504(None) 
terminative1656131terminative
carminative1844882carminative
germinate1248622germinat__e
germinating1546172germinating
germination14148972germination
carminatives1953353carminatives
denominative1854403denominative
derivative1746683der_ivative
determinative1954073determinative
dominative1677393_dominative
eliminative1654363eliminative
emanative1447313_e_manative
fermentative20113893fermentative
geminate11411803ge_minat__e
geminating1447753ge_minating
gemination131410653ge_mination
germinated1446563germinat_ed
germinates1347763germinat_es
germinations15137943germinations
nominative1597683_nominative
permeative1748523perm_eative
personative1647073personative
recriminative2053453recriminative
ruminative1546433_ruminative
terminate11411203terminat__e
terminating1447343terminating
termination131311163termination
terminatively2153173terminatively
urinative1247653_ur_inative

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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633305.29622967.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.45232775.3
 
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