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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 “initiatory” 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.

35 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
initiatory1312581(None) 
initiator998111initiator_
initiators10127311initiators
invitatory1644782invit_atory
antistory1248273an_tistory
citatory1347213_cit_atory
imitator1047113imit_ator_
imitators1147013imit_ators
incubatory1794243incubatory
indicatory1646383indicatory
ingratiatory1662483ingratiatory
inhibitory1853283inhibi_tory
initialer964613initialer_
initialers1053043initialers
initially1249063initia_lly
initiate8412693initiat__e
initiated10510113initiat_ed
initiates9411183initiat_es
initiating1149623initiating
initiation10412103initiation
initiations11410723initiations
initiative1346903initiative
innovatory1653163innovatory
inspiratory1654413inspiratory
instigator1146413instigator_
instigators1245923instigators
intimidatory1853383intimidatory
inundatory14123773inundatory
invocatory1844163invocatory
mitigatory1643993_mitigatory
natatory1146603_nat_atory
nitrator849553_nitrator_
nitrators949213_nitrators
vitiator1147043_vitiator_
vitiators1246923_vitiators

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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603356.43621846.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.90225889.7
 
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