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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 “annihilatory” 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.

25 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
annihilatory186217(None) 
annihilator1452771annihilator_
annihilators1552771annihilators
annihilate1353473annihilat__e
annihilated1552873annihilat_ed
annihilates1453153annihilat_es
annihilating1653083annihilating
annihilation1594503annihilation
annihilations1653993annihilations
anticipatory1953713anticipatory
assimilatory17103353assimilatory
annunciatory1762014annunciatory
anovulatory1752534a_novulatory
anticipator1555094anticipator_
anticipators1654674anticipators
antimilitary1792684antimilitary
articulatory1754904articulatory
assimilator1393954assimilator_
assimilators14123904assimilators
initiatory13125814_initi_atory
intimidatory1853384intimidatory
invigilator1553604invigilator_
invigilators1653184invigilators
manipulatory1952574manipulatory
ventilatory17114124ven_tilatory

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790257.33017024.6
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.75223051.0
 
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