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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 “decontaminating” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
decontaminating216276(None) 
recontaminating2062761recontaminating
contaminating1854912__contaminating
decontamination2083252decontamination
decontaminate18112913decontaminat__e
decontaminated20122713decontaminat_ed
decontaminates19112973decontaminat_es
decontaminator1972323decontaminat_or
decontaminators2072093decontaminators
recontamination1983543recontamination
contamination1766954__contamination
contaminations1886104__contaminations
contaminative2054374__contaminative
deaminating1547974de____aminating
decorticating1984244decort__icating
delaminating1645684de___laminating
denominating1645694de__n_ominating
recontaminate17103194recontaminat__e
recontaminated19122924recontaminat_ed
recontaminates18113034recontaminat_es

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit43548202.01621601.2
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691202.31277288.5
 
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