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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 “validating” 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.

58 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
validating154583(None) 
invalidating1793442invalidating
lapidating1445232lapidating
revalidating1744182revalidating
salivating1447432salivating
validation1448412validation
validations1547242validations
valuating1338642val_uating
variating13310942vari_ating
agitating1138853_agitating
aliasing9310073_ali_asing
alienating1147223_alienating
alighting1446413_alighting
animating12312503_animating
aviating12311013_avi_ating
backdating2045713backdating
calibrating1645343calibrating
cavitating1646903cavitating
evaginating1644903evaginating
evaluating1456013eval_uating
filiating1339243fili_ating
foliating1339253foli_ating
galivanting1642523galivanting
holidaying1842393holidaying
laminating1348723laminating
lariating10311783lari_ating
ligating102212283__ligating
mandating1339773ma_ndating
marinating13410263marinating
militating1348823militating
navigating1544993navigating
nidating1039783__nidating
obligating1445803obligating
oxidating1845053_oxidating
paginating1447523paginating
palisading1443893palisading
palliating1347883palliating
palpating1438533pal_pating
palpitating1644653palpitating
patinating1339873patinating
radiating111112123radi_ating
radicating1459063radicating
sanitating1149643sanitating
satiating10311803sati_ating
tailgating1244903tailgating
vacating14310353va__cating
vaccinating1945183vaccinating
vacillating1744613vacillating
valeting1238843val__eting
validate1239003validat__e
validated1446493validat_ed
validates1338243validat_es
validities1447303validities
variegating1643203variegating
variolating1544933variolating
vellicating1744553vellicating
vesicating1646893vesicating
vitiating1338403viti_ating

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 Limit140603586.50021631.2
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691586.96625651.9
 
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