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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 “investigators” 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.

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
investigators175246(None) 
investigator1652761investigator_
investigatory2062231investigatory
coinvestigators21101382coinvestigators
instigators1245922in__stigators
investigates16104212investigat_es
investigations1853722investigations
coinvestigator2091463coinvestigator_
instigator1146413in__stigator_
investigate15104303investigat__e
investigated17113913investigat_ed
investigating1853343investigating
investigation1754083investigation
investigative2062633investigative
castigators1445544__castigators
estimators1247024___estimators
estivators1345924___estivators
initiators10127314in__iti_ators
inseminators1453764inse_minators
inspirators1345554in__spirators
instigates1148424in__stigat_es
instigations1348244in__stigations
institutors1153214in__stitutors
interrogators1454284interrogators
invalidators1652864inv_alidators
investigational1961934investigational
investiture1472544investi__ture
investitures1572594investi__tures
investors12227724inves____tors
invigilators1653184inv_igilators
reinvestigates1861864reinvestigat_es
ventilators14105064__ventilators

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit95024324.65320422.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.77937390.9
 
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