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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 “oscillates” 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.

29 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
oscillates124477(None) 
oscillate1145471oscillate_
oscillated1343851oscillated
oscillator12133712oscillator
oscillators13113642oscillators
osculates11109392osc_ulates
vacillates1555712vacillates
ciliates10413453__ciliates
collates103019143__collates
conciliates1546883conciliates
decollates13137153decollates
distillates1246153distillates
escalates1148823esc_alates
ocellate1037873o_cellate_
ocellated1245453o_cellated
oeillades1043953o_eillades
oppilates1345453oppi_lates
oscillating1443973oscillating
oscillation1345493oscillation
oscillations1445113oscillations
oscillatory16133103oscillatory
osculate101010613osc_ulate_
osculated1298143osc_ulated
scillas9310473_scilla__s
socialites1247503socialites
spillages1256083_spillages
titillates1045133titillates
vacillate1456843vacillate_
vacillated1654623vacillated

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603295.76624384.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.20228811.8
 
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