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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 “obliterates” 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.

30 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
obliterates134512(None) 
obliterate1245071obliterate_
obliterated1453821obliterated
aliterates101510752_aliterates
alliterates11106252alliterates
illiterates11115652illiterates
literates91415652__literates
nonliterates1255452nonliterates
obliterator1352782obliterator
obliterators1452602obliterators
subliterates1453662subliterates
aliterate91611333_aliterate_
alliterate1086623alliterate_
alliterated1294693alliterated
deliberates1446793deliberates
illiterate10125893illiterate_
iterates81317823___iterates
liberates111012943__liberates
literate81216893__literate_
literatus9146823__literatus
nonliterate1156193nonliterate_
obligates12207853obli__gates
obliterating1553393obliterating
obliteration1453893obliteration
obliterations1553453obliterations
obliterative1753053obliterative
obturates1157003ob__turates
preliterates1455343preliterates
reiterates10412003_reiterates
subliterate1354103subliterate_

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633304.70325862.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.12534866.5
 
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