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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 “castigate” 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.

66 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
castigate124796(None) 
castigated1446321castigated
castigates1347551castigates
captivate1645922captivate
caseinate1148242caseinate
castigator1345762castigator
castrate10313862cast_rate
fastigiate1453622fastigiate
fustigate1345622fustigate
instigate1048612instigate
masticate13411282masticate
activate13510373_activate
aestivate12127663aestivate
aspirate1039943_aspirate
bastinade1244903bastinade
busticate1357753busticate
califate13310483ca_lifate
candidate1356663candidate
cantillate1247343cantillate
capitate121712183ca_pitate
captivated1844763captivated
captivates1745493captivates
carinate103320243ca_rinate
cartilage1245533cartilage
caseate9314783cas__eate
caseinates1247443caseinates
casemate1239843cas_emate
castigating1546003castigating
castigation1447973castigation
castigators1445543castigators
castrated1239513cast_rated
castrater1148523cast_rater
castrates11312673cast_rates
castrati1048643cast_rati
castrato1048523cast_rato
catenate10312833ca_tenate
catkinate1545823catkinate
cavitate13159833ca_vitate
colligate1248293colligate
constipate1446393constipate
corticate13410763corticate
costate94019273cost__ate
cultivate1447083cultivate
cuspidate1443573cuspidate
estimate10912003_estimate
estivate111010003_estivate
fasciate1347563fasci_ate
fascinate1447763fascinate
festinate1249473festinate
fustigated1544473fustigated
fustigates1445143fustigates
gastight1365213gastight_
hastate10313913hast__ate
instigated1247693instigated
instigates1148423instigates
litigate948303_litigate
masticated1548233masticated
masticates1449843masticates
mitigate1148693_mitigate
navigate1246073na_vigate
obstinate1146333obstinate
passivate1445683passivate
pastorate11411173pastorate
patinate103016313pa_tinate
rusticate1149033rusticate
satiate7315403sa_ti_ate

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641668.00018580.1
3Display Results66660.0332000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691668.45321139.4
 
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