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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 “ameliorative” 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.

35 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
ameliorative175294(None) 
meliorative1655151_meliorative
ameliorate1244732ameliorat__e
ameliorating1553072ameliorating
amelioration1464002amelioration
ameliorated1453413ameliorat_ed
ameliorates1354243ameliorat_es
ameliorations1563193ameliorations
ameliorator13102643ameliorat_or
ameliorators14112523ameliorators
amelioratory17112063amelioratory
meliorate1179483_meliorat__e
meliorating1446563_meliorating
melioration1368183_melioration
accelerative1953454accel_erative
alliterative1553874a_lliterative
applicative2074714appli_cative
arbitrative1654264a_rbitrative
decorative1648924_de_corative
deliberative1854054_deliberative
delineative1554664_delineative
denigrative1655484_denigrative
deteriorative1762584deteriorative
elaborative1653774__elaborative
explorative2354244expl_orative
implicative2054664impli_cative
mediative1548124_medi__ative
meditative1646284_medi_tative
meliorated1377004_meliorat_ed
meliorates1288904_meliorat_es
meliorations1466754_meliorations
meliorator12105224_meliorat_or
meliorators13115004_meliorators
pejorative2245694_pe_jorative
restorative1446944_restorative

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 Limit124790358.07615452.0
3Display Results35350.0331060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691358.49921024.9
 
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