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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 “communicate” 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.

27 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
communicate195618(None) 
communicated2154911communicated
communicatee2055081communicatee
communicates2055611communicates
communicable2254022communicable
communicant1955342communicant
communicants2053952communicants
communicatees2163642communicatees
communicative2454662communicative
communicator2054452communicator
excommunicate2882782excommunicate
commentate16108173commen_tate
communicably2553763communicably
communicating2254873communicating
communication21106213communication
communicators2173983communicators
communicatory2463573communicatory
communique2552993communi_que
communise1546803communi__se
communist1548113communi_st_
communists1646233communi_sts
community1846213communi__ty
communize2446283communi__ze
commutate1547063commu__tate
complicate1847623co_mplicate
excommunicated3062473excommunicated
excommunicates2972593excommunicates

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit121633274.42327500.1
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691274.91936326.7
 
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