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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 “illuminating” 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.

26 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
illuminating155392(None) 
illuminati1253992illuminati__
illuminatingly2091252illuminatingly
illumination1455162illumination
illuminations1554442illuminations
illuminative1763242illuminative
illumining1343502illumin__ing
illuviating1552942illuvi_ating
unilluminating1761232unilluminating
acuminating1645803_acuminating
calumniating1752483calumniating
culminating1645733cul_minating
delaminating1645683delaminating
eliminating1445543_eliminating
fulminating1744683ful_minating
hallucinating1952333hallucinating
illuminant1253993illumina__nt
illuminate1245683illuminat__e
illuminated1454433illuminat_ed
illuminates1345083illuminat_es
illuminator1353863illuminat_or
illuminators1453273illuminators
illustrating1372723illustrating
inseminating1554553inseminating
laminating1348733__laminating
ruminating1348143__ruminating

Search took 4 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 Limit95024263.39028030.7
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691263.76647448.5
 
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