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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 “initiating” 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.

84 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
initiating114962(None) 
initialing1145881initialing
imitating1238762imit_ating
initialling1252792initialling
initiation10412102initiation
initiations11410722initiations
initiative1346902initiative
instating10812212inst_ating
instigating1347152instigating
intimating13410822intimating
nitrating10312672_nitrating
reinitiating1345762reinitiating
vitiating1338402_vitiating
agitating1138853agit_ating
animating12312503ani_mating
antiaging1149673an_tiaging
denitrating13128333denitrating
dimidiating1643993dimidiating
filiating1339243_filiating
inactivating1853463inactivating
inciting11312533in_ci_ting
incubating1597133incubating
indagating1345263indagating
indicating1449693indicating
indicting1339613in_dicting
inditing10312113in_di_ting
indurating1249243indurating
inebriating1446053inebriating
infatuating1543583infatuating
infiltrating1653253infiltrating
inflating13310443in_flating
inflicting1645723inflicting
infuriating1546283infuriating
ingratiating1454063ingratiating
inhibiting1645113inhibi_ting
initialism1257213initialism
initialize1996863initialize
initializing2255283initializing
initiate8412693initiat__e
initiated10510113initiat_ed
initiates9411183initiat_es
initiatives1444283initiatives
initiator998113initiat_or
initiators10127313initiators
initiatory13125813initiatory
innovating1444613innovating
inquieting2044523inquieting
insinuating1244533insinuating
insisting1038823in_sisting
insolating1149153insolating
instilling1145803instilling
instituting1244803instituting
insulating1139263insulating
intimidating1654743intimidating
intitling1037213in_titling
intonating1148633intonating
intorting10311413in_torting
intreating11614013intreating
intubating1376713intubating
intuiting1089613in_tuiting
intwisting1445063intwisting
inundating1244543inundating
invigilating17113553invigilating
inviting1239733in_vi_ting
invocating1646333invocating
irritating1146293irrit_ating
knitting13257023knit__ting
litigating1246743_litigating
lixiviating2251963lixiviating
militating1348823milit_ating
mitigating1447433_mitigating
nictating1237573_nictating
nictitating1444383nictitating
nidating1039783_ni_dating
notating92513343_not_ating
nutating92411953_nut_ating
sanitating1149643sanit_ating
satiating10311803_satiating
situating1038883_situating
titivating1445323_titivating
titrating10310113_titrating
unitizing1947803uniti_zing
unstating10711213unst_ating
unstinting1147303unstinting

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603846.59321326.1
3Display Results84840.0461826.1
 (SQL Overall)178691846.79526297.4
 
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