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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 “regulative” 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.

42 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
regulative144698(None) 
emulative1447452_emulative
regularize2045312regularize
regulate9313022regulat__e
regulating12310062regulating
regulation11312052regulation
relative11313142re__lative
copulative1747293copulative
cumulative1744563cumulative
educative15136553_educative
elative10312453_e__lative
ergative1238973erg__ative
exudative2044893_exudative
figurative1744113figurative
legislative1552673legislative
negative1239083neg__ative
recitative1548183recitative
recreative1549023recreative
reductive1547793redu_ctive
reeducative1753513reeducative
regelate9312083regelat__e
regelating1239953regelating
regulable1246513regula_ble
regularity1454043regularity
regularized2244333regularized
regularizes2144793regularizes
regulated11310463regulat_ed
regulates101211723regulat_es
regulations12310713regulations
regulator1046973regulat_or
regulators1146503regulators
regulatory1445293regulatory
reguline939503regul__ine
relatives1239963re__latives
renovative1645433renovative
reparative1548173reparative
repulsive1494933repul_sive
retaliative1454983retaliative
revulsive15113703revul_sive
simulative1545263simulative
speculative1844273speculative
vegetative1744573vegetative

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603428.00017575.4
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691428.45321139.4
 
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