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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 “preovulatory” 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.

28 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
preovulatory205219(None) 
precopulatory2261842precopulatory
anovulatory1752533_anovulatory
ovulatory1544833___ovulatory
regulatory1445293_re_gulatory
revelatory16104673_re_velatory
articulatory1754904articulatory
copulatory1745754__copulatory
gratulatory1553204gr_atulatory
modulatory1644424__modulatory
peculator1387864p_e_culator_
peculators1486984p_e_culators
perambulatory2261784perambulatory
precatory1649114pre___catory
predatory1547704pre___datory
predicatory1945564pre_dicatory
prefatory1746684pre___fatory
preparatory1853774pre_paratory
probatory1647114pr_o__batory
procurator1445514pr_ocurator_
procurators1545174pr_ocurators
profanatory1952994pr_ofanatory
promulgator1652024pr_omulgator_
promulgators1751934pr_omulgators
regulator1046974_re_gulator_
regulators1146504_re_gulators
revelator1286534_re_velator_
revelators13116424_re_velators

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790288.06315476.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.46621106.9
 
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