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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 “speculative” 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.

28 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
speculative184427(None) 
speculate13239192speculat__e
speculating1645942speculating
speculation1547542speculation
speculatively2352002speculatively
sporulative1653742sporulative
circulative1855563circulative
emulative1447453__emulative
inoculative1655253inoculative
nonspeculative2161993nonspeculative
peculate122414673_peculat__e
peculating1549153_peculating
peculation14311993_peculation
regulative1446983_regulative
secularise12146593s_ecularise
secularize21167203s_ecularize
simulative1545263s_imulative
specularity1853963specularity
speculated15186613speculat_ed
speculates14237903speculat_es
speculations1646393speculations
speculator1484883speculat_or
speculators1564133speculators
spiculate132210163spiculat__e
spiculation1547033spiculation
stimulative1653973stimulative
subcurative1854413subcurative
superlative1648253supe_rlative

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633284.57626580.6
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.98235867.3
 
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