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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 “regulatory” 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.

38 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
regulatory144529(None) 
regulator1046971regulator_
regulators1146501regulators
revelatory16104672revelatory
adulatory1346313_adulatory
ambulatory1744403ambulatory
copulatory1745753copulatory
depilatory1645743depilatory
desultory1343403desul_tory
educatory1545443_educatory
emulator1048743_emulator_
emulators1148183_emulators
feudatory1644063fe_udatory
gratulatory1553203gratulatory
modulatory1644423modulatory
osculatory1544943osculatory
ovulatory1544833_ovulatory
peculator1387863peculator_
peculators1486983peculators
preovulatory2052193preovulatory
regular838423regula__r_
regularity1454043regularity
regularly1344183regula_rly
regulars936253regula__rs
regulate9313023regulat__e
regulated11310463regulat_ed
regulates101211723regulat_es
regulating12310063regulating
regulation11312053regulation
regulations12310713regulations
regulative1446983regulative
relator74016363re__lator_
relators83316123re__lators
retaliatory1453323retaliatory
revelator1286533revelator_
revelators13116423revelators
rogatory1246153rog__atory
undulatory1444083undulatory

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603386.36022107.4
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691386.80926243.4
 
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