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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 “excitative” 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.

29 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
excitative224502(None) 
excitation19410172excitation
excogitative2562112excogitative
recitative1548182recitative
agitative1346873_agitative
cogitative1645933cogitative
elucidative1752603elucidative
estimative1546483estimative
exceptive2345683exc_eptive
excitable2056243excita_ble
excitations2049003excitations
excitatory2254343excitatory
excretive2145143exc_retive
execrative2246043execrative
exhibitive2552743exhibitive
exhortative2453053exhortative
expectative2553583expectative
explicative2554453explicative
exploitative2452593exploitative
extinctive2253453extinctive
exudative2044893ex_udative
imitative1446333_imitative
irritative1345203irritative
limitative1544693limitative
meditative1646283meditative
oxidative2044313ox_idative
recitatives1645193recitatives
recitativi1553743recitativi
recitativo1555823recitativo

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603296.57621381.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.01525472.7
 
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