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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 “amelioratory” 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.

29 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
amelioratory1711206(None) 
ameliorator13102641ameliorator_
ameliorators14112521ameliorators
meliorator12105222_meliorator_
meliorators13115002_meliorators
ameliorate1244733ameliorat__e
ameliorated1453413ameliorat_ed
ameliorates1354243ameliorat_es
ameliorating1553073ameliorating
amelioration1464003amelioration
ameliorations1563193ameliorations
ameliorative1752943ameliorative
amendatory1653114ame__ndatory
applicatory2053404appli_catory
celebratory1853304_celebratory
denigratory1653514_denigratory
exploratory2353134expl_oratory
heliolatry1652334_heliolat_ry
libratory14255804___libratory
mediatory1546434_medi__atory
meliorate1179484_meliorat__e
meliorated1377004_meliorat_ed
meliorates1288904_meliorat_es
meliorating1446564_meliorating
melioration1368184_melioration
meliorations1466754_meliorations
meliorative1655154_meliorative
migratory1545344_m__igratory
moratory1347824_m___oratory

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit124790298.59314522.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691299.12519582.6
 
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