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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 “pontificator” 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.

31 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
pontificator195346(None) 
pontificators2053051pontificators
pontificate1863662pontificat_e
pontificated2063092pontificated
pontificates1953282pontificates
pontification2089002pontification
pacificator2053543p_acificator
pontifical1754773pontifica__l
pontifically22104893pontifically
pontificals1852713pontifica_ls
pontificating2153763pontificating
pontifications2187913pontifications
purificator1862903p_urificator
anticipator1555094_anticipator
certificatory2362014certificatory
conciliator1595594concili_ator
confiscator18113744confi_scator
contaminator1654994contaminator
continuator1386014conti_nuator
fortification2196924fortification
intimidator1454534_intimidator
justificatory2861484justificatory
mortification2087294mortification
notification1749064no_tification
pacificators2153004p_acificators
participator1853544participator
pontific1545564pontific____
pontifices1744184pontific__es
purificators1962444p_urificators
purificatory2272094p_urificatory
sonicator1197264son___icator

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 Filter1786911247900.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit124790316.78018405.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.17224915.1
 
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