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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 “mandatory” 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.

45 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
mandatory154525(None) 
mandatary1543241mandatary
mandator1148181mandator_
mandators1247871mandators
amendatory1653122amendatory
laudatory1344602laudatory
mandatorily1752342mandatorily
minatory1338552min_atory
additory1344263_additory
aleatory1148833_aleatory
amatory1238643_a_matory
anatomy1246233_an_atomy
auditory1245703_auditory
banditry1444123bandit_ry
damnatory1544143damnatory
emanator1047293eman_ator_
emanators1147033eman_ators
emendator1244243emendator_
emendators1344203emendators
feudatory1644063feudatory
inundatory14123773inundatory
laudator945883laudator_
laudators1045893laudators
lavatory1445703la_vatory
manatoid1148823man_atoid
mandate10315573mandat__e
mandated12310293mandat_ed
mandates11314093mandat_es
mandating1339773mandating
mandatories1454973mandatories
mandragora1451773mandragora
manuary1237773manua__ry
manufactory2152723manufactory
mediatory1546443mediatory
midstory1445103m_idstory
migratory1545343migratory
monitory1347853mon_itory
moratory1347823m_oratory
natatory1146613na_tatory
palpatory1645233palpatory
predatory1547713predatory
saltatory1245633saltatory
sandstorm1254003sandstorm
sudatory1245843_sudatory
vanitory1445733van_itory

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641457.04621095.8
3Display Results45450.0331363.6
 (SQL Overall)178691457.49923828.6
 
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