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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 “ovulatory” 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.

37 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
ovulatory154483(None) 
adulatory1346312adulatory
anovulatory1752532anovulatory
copulatory1745752copulatory
modulatory1644422modulatory
oblatory1345792o_blatory
osculatory1544942osculatory
ovulary1344912ovula__ry
adulator948593adulator_
adulators1048063adulators
ambulatory1744403ambulatory
dilatory12279273_dilatory
educatory1545443educatory
emulator1048743emulator_
emulators1148183emulators
feudatory1644063feudatory
fumatory1644923_fumatory
juratory1845183_juratory
laudatory1344603laudatory
modulator1245793modulator_
modulators1345333modulators
nugatory1245273_nugatory
oratory1039403o__ratory
overstory1546143overstory
ovular946833ovula__r_
ovulate1039453ovulat__e
ovulated1237083ovulat_ed
ovulates1148523ovulat_es
ovulating1336953ovulating
ovulation1238983ovulation
ovulations1337973ovulations
preovulatory2052193preovulatory
pulsatory1474613_pulsatory
regulatory1445293regulatory
revelatory16104673revelatory
sudatory1245843_sudatory
undulatory1444083undulatory

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641376.97021325.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.14225019.7
 
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