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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 “deteriorate” 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.

52 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
deteriorate125509(None) 
deteriorated1453461deteriorated
deteriorates1354441deteriorates
deteriorative1762582deteriorative
decerebrate1664013decerebrate
deteriorating1553393deteriorating
deterioration14145283deterioration
determinate1446623determinate
ameliorate1244734_ameliorate
deaerate9314174deae___rate
decarbonate1654444decarbonate
decelerate1347504dece_lerate
decemvirate1952154decemvirate
decerebrated1853314decerebrated
decerebrates1753594decerebrates
decorate11315194d__e_corate
degenerate1246834dege_nerate
denervate1346174dener__vate
denigrate1168694d__enigrate
denitrate10810534d__enitrate
derivate12311204d__eri_vate
derogate10311354d__er_ogate
desecrate1249084dese__crate
deteriorations15164694deteriorations
deterrable1345724deter__rable
detonate9311194det___onate
detoxicate2054484detoxi_cate
deuterate1049514deute___rate
directorate1453264directorate
electorate1247584_electorate
etiolate849524_et__iolate
exteriorise1854634exteriorise
exteriority2153674exteriority
exteriorize2753854exteriorize
governorate1552704governorate
imperforate1853054imperforate
interiorise1148094interiorise
interiority1456954interiority
interiorize2056334interiorize
interpolate1369334interpolate
interrogate1277614interrogate
meliorate1179484__meliorate
meteorite1148174mete__orite
metricate1349914met_ri_cate
perborate13510144__perborate
perforate1459464__perforate
periodate1248344__periodate
perorate10417924__per_orate
petiolate1149144pet__iolate
priorate10411734___priorate
redecorate1346134rede_corate
reverberate1653954reverberate

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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819528.71617074.2
3Display Results52520.0331575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691529.17219482.2
 
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