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

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
investigator165276(None) 
investigators1752461investigators
investigatory2062231investigatory
coinvestigator2091462coinvestigator
instigator1146412in__stigator
investigate15104302investigat_e
investigated17113912investigated
investigates16104212investigates
investigation1754082investigation
coinvestigators21101383coinvestigators
instigators1245923in__stigators
investigating1853343investigating
investigations1853723investigations
investigative2062633investigative
castigator1345764__castigator
estimator1147424___estimator
estivator1246294___estivator
initiator998114in__iti_ator
inseminator1354244inse_minator
inspirator1245774in__spirator
instigate1048614in__stigat_e
instigated1247694in__stigated
instigates1148424in__stigates
instigation1249244in__stigation
institutor1053674in__stitutor
interrogator1355004interrogator
invalidator1553194inv_alidator
investigational1961934investigational
investiture1472544investi__ture
investor11247414inves____tor
invigilator1553604inv_igilator
reinvestigate1762054reinvestigat_e
reinvestigated1961734reinvestigated
reinvestigates1861864reinvestigates
reinvestigation1962184reinvestigation
ventilator13115114__ventilator

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790367.04617710.8
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.48223882.8
 
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