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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 “inactivate” 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
inactivate154569(None) 
inactivated1744551inactivated
inactivates1645041inactivates
activate13510372__activate
deactivate1644622deactivate
inactive1348202inactiv__e
inactivity1854702inactivity
reactivate1545842reactivate
activated1567883__activated
activates1449683__activates
captivate1645923_captivate
deactivated1843733deactivated
deactivates1744393deactivates
enactive1338513enactiv__e
inaccurate1444343inaccurate
inactivating1853463inactivating
inactivation1745093inactivation
inactively1845313inactively
inactivities1755593inactivities
inanimate1146993ina_nimate
incurvate1446063in_curvate
initiate8412693in_iti_ate
insatiate948063insati_ate
instigate1048613in_stigate
intimate101013833in__timate
nictitate1145403_nictitate
nonactivated1853623nonactivated
reactivated1744973reactivated
reactivates1645613reactivates

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603296.86020496.1
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.27924548.8
 
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