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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 “creatine” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
creatine10341741(None) 
creatin93618131creatin_
creatines112814431creatines
creating113921951creating
creatins103617511creatins
creative132812801creative
cavatine13310322cavatine
ceratin93020162ceratin_
ceratins102818732ceratins
cheating144014522cheating
cleating113518132cleating
crating103725202cr_ating
creaking153414122creaking
creaming133413142creaming
creasing113314442creasing
create85126382creat__e
creatinine1245072creatinine
creation102816512creation
creations112614542creations
creatives14279692creatives
creature1038732creature
cremating14312192cremating
cresting114017042cresting
cretin82917912cre_tin_
cretins93216422cre_tins
gratine84719192gr_atine
ratine65131822_r_atine
retine66237332_re_tine
treating92519612treating
treatise8311102treatise

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.80031857.6
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.20342515.1
 
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