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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 “obliterative” 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.

39 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
obliterative175305(None) 
alliterative1553872alliterative
obliterate1245072obliterat__e
obliterating1553392obliterating
obliteration1453892obliteration
deliberative1854053deliberative
iterative12410713___iterative
obliterated1453823obliterat_ed
obliterates1345123obliterat_es
obliterations1553453obliterations
obliterator1352783obliterat_or
obliterators1452603obliterators
reiterative1447533_reiterative
aliterate91611334_aliterat__e
alliterate1086624alliterat__e
alliterating1354274alliterating
alliteration1285164alliteration
alliteratively2062044alliteratively
alternative1454684_al_ternative
arbitrative1654264arbit_rative
commiserative2283274commiserative
delineative1554664deline_ative
desiderative1753684desiderative
illiterate10125894illiterat__e
lacerative1556284__lacerative
literalize1948744__literalize
literate81216894__literat__e
literati81210804__literati__
literatim11127184__literati_m
literation10511414__literation
literature1094194__literature
meliorative1655154meli_orative
nonliterate1156194nonliterat__e
operative141110554o___perative
proliferative2162354proliferative
subliterate1354104subliterat__e
subliterature1561234subliterature
tolerative1346254tol__erative
ulcerative1545174_ul_cerative

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.220812231.8
2DLD Change Limit124790396.65618748.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691396.89225927.3
 
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