Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “validating” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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58 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
validating	15	4	584	(None)
invalidating	17	9	344	2	invalidating
lapidating	14	4	524	2	lapidating
revalidating	17	4	418	2	revalidating
salivating	14	4	744	2	salivating
validation	14	4	841	2	validation
validations	15	4	724	2	validations
valuating	13	3	865	2	val_uating
variating	13	3	1095	2	vari_ating
agitating	11	3	886	3	_agitating
aliasing	9	3	1007	3	_ali_asing
alienating	11	4	723	3	_alienating
alighting	14	4	641	3	_alighting
animating	12	3	1251	3	_animating
aviating	12	3	1102	3	_avi_ating
backdating	20	4	572	3	backdating
calibrating	16	4	535	3	calibrating
cavitating	16	4	691	3	cavitating
evaginating	16	4	491	3	evaginating
evaluating	14	5	602	3	eval_uating
filiating	13	3	925	3	fili_ating
foliating	13	3	925	3	foli_ating
galivanting	16	4	252	3	galivanting
holidaying	18	4	239	3	holidaying
laminating	13	4	873	3	laminating
lariating	10	3	1179	3	lari_ating
ligating	10	22	1228	3	__ligating
mandating	13	3	977	3	ma_ndating
marinating	13	4	1027	3	marinating
militating	13	4	882	3	militating
navigating	15	4	500	3	navigating
nidating	10	3	978	3	__nidating
obligating	14	4	581	3	obligating
oxidating	18	4	505	3	_oxidating
paginating	14	4	753	3	paginating
palisading	14	4	389	3	palisading
palliating	13	4	789	3	palliating
palpating	14	3	854	3	pal_pating
palpitating	16	4	465	3	palpitating
patinating	13	3	988	3	patinating
radiating	11	11	1213	3	radi_ating
radicating	14	5	907	3	radicating
sanitating	11	4	965	3	sanitating
satiating	10	3	1181	3	sati_ating
tailgating	12	4	491	3	tailgating
vacating	14	3	1036	3	va__cating
vaccinating	19	4	519	3	vaccinating
vacillating	17	4	462	3	vacillating
valeting	12	3	885	3	val__eting
validate	12	3	900	3	validat__e
validated	14	4	649	3	validat_ed
validates	13	3	824	3	validat_es
validities	14	4	730	3	validities
variegating	16	4	321	3	variegating
variolating	15	4	494	3	variolating
vellicating	17	4	456	3	vellicating
vesicating	16	4	690	3	vesicating
vitiating	13	3	841	3	viti_ating

Search took 6 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	58	5.360	26231.9
3	Display Results	58	58	0.013	4461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	58	5.779	30920.7