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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 “alliterating” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
alliterating135427(None) 
alliteration1285162alliteration
alliterations1384552alliterations
alliterative1553872alliterative
obliterating1553392obliterating
acierating1348313a_ci_erating
adulterating1453243adulterating
alienating1147223a_li_enating
alliterate1086623alliterat__e
alliterated1294693alliterat_ed
alliterates11106253alliterat_es
altercating1455603a_l_tercating
alternating1245713a_l_ternating
arbitrating1444793arbit_rating
deliberating1645123deliberating
iterating10314253___iterating
liberating1349253__liberating
reiterating12410493_reiterating
accelerating1753734accelerating
aerating92821004a____erating
agglomerating1861544agglomerating
agitating1138854a_git__ating
alerting91312384a_l__er_ting
alimenting1344504a_lime_nting
aliteracies1355364a_literacies
aliterate91611334a_literat__e
aliterates101510754a_literat_es
alleviating1553594all_eviating
alliteratively2062044alliteratively
allocating1347384all__ocating
allografting1751864all_ografting
allotting1046504allot___ting
alteration10612904a_l_teration
alterations11511664a_l_terations
altering91917114a_l_ter__ing
ameliorating1553074ameli_orating
antedating1277554a__ntedating
arbitraging1552204arbit_raging
asperating1349564a__sperating
aspirating1348364aspi__rating
asseverating1652274asseverating
calibrating1645344cali_brating
callipering1652914calliper__ing
delineating1346374deline_ating
denitrating13128334denit_rating
desiderating1544694desiderating
deuterating1347274_deuterating
exenterating2054214exenterating
filtrating1445974fil_t_rating
illiteracies1453304illiteracies
illiterate10125894illiterat__e
illiterately1552304illiterately
illiterates11115654illiterat_es
illustrating1372724illustrating
incinerating1554724incinerating
itinerating1245234_itinerating
lacerating1349444__lacerating
lateraling11148804__lateraling
librating1239054__li_brating
literati81210804__literati__
literatim11127184__literati_m
literation10511414__literation
literations11610584__literations
litigating1246744__litigating
loitering1039684_loiter__ing
lustrating1147784_lust_rating
maltreating1455514mal_treating
meliorating1446564meli_orating
militating1348824milit__ating
nitrating10312674__nit_rating
obliteration1453894obliteration
obliterations1553454obliterations
obliterative1753054obliterative
palliating1347884palli___ating
palpitating1644654palpit__ating
proliferating1962364proliferating
titrating10310114__tit_rating
tolerating1148594tol__erating
transliterating1691864transliterating
triturating1245434_triturating
ulcerating1346984_ul_cerating
vociferating2182454vociferating

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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790826.61018879.0
3Display Results82820.0461782.6
 (SQL Overall)178691827.04925349.8
 
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