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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 “masturbator” 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.

36 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
masturbator155182(None) 
masturbators1651811masturbators
masturbatory1961521masturbatory
masturbate1443472masturbat_e
masturbated1652802masturbated
masturbates1553422masturbates
masturbation1653582masturbation
castrator1147643cast_r_ator
masticator1446863mast_icator
masturbating1772673masturbating
masturbations1753423masturbations
saturator946613sa_tur_ator
actuator1046644_actu__ator
alternator1044554_alternator
aspirator1147284_aspir_ator
castigator1345764cast_igator
castrater1148524cast_r_ater
castrato1048524cast_r_ato_
castrators1247444cast_r_ators
castratory1545144cast_r_atory
castratos1147634cast_r_atos
emasculator1553234emascu_lator
macerator13217634ma_cer_ator
maltreater12124744malt_reater
masticators1546324mast_icators
masticatory1854584mast_icatory
maturate10312624ma_tur_at_e
maturated1249164ma_tur_ated
maturates11311764ma_tur_ates
maturation1249514ma_tur_ation
mistutor1044944mistu___tor
obturator1144704_obtur_ator
postulator1246014postu_lator
saturater947904sa_tur_ater
saturators1046094sa_tur_ators
triturator1054124tritur_ator

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 Limit148819368.43617640.9
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.87520134.2
 
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