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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 “illustrator” 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.

21 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
illustrator115211(None) 
illustrators1252001illustrators
illustrate1073442illustrat_e
illustrated1262732illustrated
illustrates1173362illustrates
illustration1253512illustration
illuminator1353863illuminator
illustrating1372723illustrating
illustrations1353153illustrations
illustrative1562503illustrative
castrator1147644__castrator
elutriator1053414_elu_triator
illuminators1453274illuminators
illustrational1461554illustrational
illustrious1152314illustrious
inaugurator1252424inaugurator
infiltrator1453024infiltrator
lustrate8310444__lustrat_e
lustrated1037974__lustrated
lustrates939464__lustrates
lustration1048354__lustration

Search took 9 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 Limit148819218.15618246.6
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691218.59520790.1
 
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