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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 “decontaminator” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

34 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
decontaminator197232(None) 
decontaminators2072091decontaminators
contaminator1654992__contaminator
decontaminate18112912decontaminat_e
decontaminated20122712decontaminated
decontaminates19112972decontaminates
decontamination2083252decontamination
contaminators1754883__contaminators
decontaminating2162763decontaminating
recontaminate17103193recontaminat_e
recontaminated19122923recontaminated
recontaminates18113033recontaminates
recontamination1983543recontamination
contaminate1556574__contaminat_e
contaminated1755274__contaminated
contaminates1656314__contaminates
contamination1766954__contamination
decorticator1762964decort__icator
denominator14104714de__n_ominator
recontaminating2062764recontaminating
uncontaminated1972834uncontaminated
contaminant1575845__contamina_nt
contaminants1693955__contaminants
contaminating1854915__contaminating
contaminations1886105__contaminations
contaminative2054375__contaminative
contemplator1853735__contemplator
continuator1386015__cont__inuator
decapitator1653805dec___apitator
decorticators1862495decort__icators
denominators1574095de__n_ominators
desalinator1254355de___salinator
determinator1554575de__terminator
dominator1258235d__o___minator

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024346.70314176.3
3Display Results34340.0301133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691347.09325192.6
 
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