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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 “extenuate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
extenuate164500(None) 
extenuated1843751extenuated
extenuates1744471extenuates
attenuate974472attenuate
extenuator1753222extenuator
attenuated1183203attenuated
attenuates1074103attenuates
catenate10312833caten_ate
edentate947703e_dentate
emendate1146773e_mendate
entente7412953enten__te
eventuate12104773e_ventuate
execrate1739653ex_ecrate
execute1636783ex_ecu_te
exonerate16107733exonerate
extendable2043833extendable
extensile1645033extensile
extensity1944723extensity
extensive1945723extensive
extent132714913exten__t_
extents142610173exten__ts
extenuating1943573extenuating
extenuation1845183extenuation
extenuators1852993extenuators
extenuatory2152463extenuatory
extirpate1844023extirpate
extricate1869073extricate
extubate1745103ext_ubate
potentate1197253potentate

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641297.25020502.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.68923239.8
 
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