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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 “intimidate” 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.

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
intimidate1314605(None) 
intimidated15124921intimidated
intimidates14125741intimidates
intimate101013832intim__ate
intimidator1454532intimidator
anticipate1467733anticipate
incriminate1554593incriminate
individuate1652903individuate
initiate8412693in_iti_ate
innominate1246123innominate
inseminate1246683inseminate
intimae9109753intim__a_e
intimated121010893intim__ated
intimater111110583intim__ater
intimates111013313intim__ates
intimidating1654743intimidating
intimidation1547363intimidation
intimidators1554163intimidators
intimidatory1853383intimidatory
intimist10410213intimi_st_
intimists1147493intimi_sts
intoxicate1955003intoxicate
intricate11411193int_ricate
invalidate1444423invalidate
invigilate1444763invigilate
unintimidated1762003unintimidated

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603265.79624258.6
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.23528659.3
 
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