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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 “obfuscatory” 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.

25 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
obfuscatory215146(None) 
confiscatory22143023confiscatory
obfuscate16102323obfuscat__e
obfuscated18101863obfuscat_ed
obfuscates17102043obfuscat_es
obfuscating1951673obfuscating
obfuscation1852123obfuscation
obfuscations1951893obfuscations
objurgatory2451603objurgatory
accusatory1743534accus_atory
confiscator18113744confiscator_
confiscators19113684confiscators
educatory1545444_edu_catory
excusatory2253344excus_atory
fumatory1644924__fu_matory
gustatory1343824__gustatory
oblatory1345794ob___latory
obligatory16164174ob_ligatory
observatory1952614observatory
obturator1144704obtu_rator_
obturators1244304obtu_rators
olfactory1743084olf_ac_tory
osculatory1544944oscu_latory
ovulatory1544834o_vu_latory
piscatory1645274__piscatory

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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819258.09318388.6
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691258.52920951.0
 
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