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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 “investigational” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
investigational196193(None) 
investigation1754082investigation__
investigations1853722investigation_s
investigating1853343investigati_n_g
inspirational1554404in__spirational
instigation1249244in__stigation__
instigations1348244in__stigation_s
institutional1353494in__stitutional
interrogational1693904interrogational
investigative2062634investigati__ve
investigator1652764investigat_o__r
investigators1752464investigat_o_rs
investigatory2062234investigat_o_ry
invitational1554894inv___itational
reinvestigation1962184reinvestigation__
antinational1297455an___tinational
antirational1278455an___tirational
gestational1245115__gest__ational
illustrational1461555illust_rational
incantational1553565incant__ational
inclinational1553925in__clinational
indicational1545745in___dicational
infestation1447045infest__ation__
infestations1546625infest__ation_s
instigating1347155in__stigati_n_g
instructional1555085in__structional
international1357665inte__rnational
intonational1256005in___tonational
investigate15104305investigat____e
investigated17113915investigat___ed
investigates16104215investigat___es
invitationals1652735inv___itationals
invocational1754415inv___ocational
navigational1653285_n__avigational
negational1147155_n_e___gational
reinvestigating2071915reinvestigati_n_g

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit65874364.31315273.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.42240409.5
 
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