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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 “hesitator” 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.

43 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
hesitator128602(None) 
hesitater1276921hesitater
hesitators1385851hesitators
hesitate1169972hesitat_e
hesitated1377782hesitated
hesitaters1374852hesitaters
hesitates1269792hesitates
hesitation1349632hesitation
levitator1245492levitator
meditator1246592meditator
testator847372tes_tator
agitator946713_agitator
citator9310123__citator
cogitator1245863cogitator
decimator1447733decimator
dedicator1348253dedicator
depilator1247653depilator
desiccator1543993desiccator
designator1244713designator
desolator1046673desolator
deviator1248313devi_ator
epilator1049243_epilator
estimator1147423_estimator
estivator1246293_estivator
gestatory1344523ges_tatory
heritor10310563heri__tor
hesitance1445553hesitance
hesitancy1743543hesitancy
hesitant1149083hesita_nt
hesitantly1653003hesitantly
hesitating1448003hesitating
hesitations1448543hesitations
imitator1047113_imitator
irritator945223irritator
levitators1345403levitators
mediator1139043medi_ator
meditators1346263meditators
remittor10316553remit_tor
resistor847673resi_stor
resonator946363resonator
respirator1265733respirator
stator64015483__s_tator
testators947333tes_tators

Search took 7 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 Limit148641436.44023080.9
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691436.87325999.0
 
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