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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 “separator” 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.

48 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
separator114626(None) 
separators1246501separators
depurator1247022depurator
preparator1445242preparator
separate10310782separat_e
separated1237712separated
separates11310742separates
separation12510432separation
aerator7314843ae__rator
apparitor1343373apparitor
aspirator1147283aspirator
comparator1665803comparator
deaerator10128113deaerator
decorator1248573decorator
depilator1247653depilator
depurators1346483depurators
emanator1047293_emanator
epilator1049243_epilator
escalator1145683escalator
esparto944233espar_to_
espartos1044333espar_tos
federator1346263federator
generator1067593generator
imperator1347783imperator
operator10310093_operator
parador103311413__parador
perorator1149743perorator
preparators1554723preparators
preparatory1853773preparatory
reparation12612723reparation
respirator1265733respirator
sartor6313883s__ar_tor
saturator946613saturator
seawater1136603se_awater
secretor1045683se_cretor
senator7313073se__nator
separable1348673separable
separably1655773separably
separately1553433separately
separating1348643separating
separations1369273separations
separatism1455603separatism
separatist1247193separatist
separative1546973separative
spectator1344833spectator
superatom1348913superatom
supinator1145863supinator
venerator1247263venerator

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641486.57622603.6
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691487.04525364.2
 
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