What are the word records for transdeletion (delete one letter and rearrange to form another word)?

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What are the word records for transdeletion (delete one letter and rearrange to form another word)?
(Spelling / Relations to Other Words / Entire Word)

  a.  longest
  i. well-mixed [22-100]
  b.  longest progressive [L119,4-73,6-210,12-141,15-153,21-75]
  c.  double repeated transdeletion [Whitely, p. 27]
  d.  longest deletion in each position (Baltimore transdeletion) [L122,1-213,22-58]
  e.  Baltimore progressive [4-67,11-215,14-150,15-20,16-23,17-72]

[ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]

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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ]

Sources: [L110,9-161]

a.  longest
        i. well-mixed [22-100]
                common words: antidemocratic = accreditation (14-t)
                common words: discontinuance = denunciations (14-t)
                common words: decentralizing = credentialing (14-t)
                common words: multicharacter = architectural (14-t)
                common words: conservatories = controversies (14-t)
                common words: discolorations = consolidators (14-t)
                common words: astrophysicist = psychiatrists (14-t)
                common words: precariousness = repercussions (14-t)
                common words: representation = interoperates (14-t)
                uncommon words: hypsistenocephalism = panmyelophthisises (19)
                phrases: atmospheric inversion = comprehensivisation (20-t)
                phrases: cutter classification = facilities contracts (20-t)
        ii. not well-mixed
                common words: immunoprecipitations = immunoprecipitation (20)
                uncommon words: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes = dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (32)
                phrases: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphates = nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (41)
b.  longest progressive [L119,4-73,6-210,12-141,15-153,21-75]
        common words: consolidations = consolidation = conditionals = dislocation = coalitions = isolation = inositol = soliton = tonsil = toils = slot = lot = to = t (14-t)
        common words: demonstrations = demonstration = denominators = moderations = dominators = dominator = tandoori = oration = ration = intro = torn = rot = to = t (14-t)
        uncommon words: superalimentations = presentationalism = malpresentations = malpresentation = presentational = septentrional = presentation = pretentions = pertinents = pentrites = strepent = pretest = tester = terts = test = tet = et = t (18)
c.  double repeated transdeletion [Whitely, p. 27]
        common words: indoctrinated = indoctrinate = interaction (13)
        uncommon words: microcrystalline = intercosmically = myelinoclastic (16-t)
        uncommon words: arhynchobdellida = rhynchobdellida = rhynchobdellid (16-t)
        uncommon words: representational = transperitoneal = pretranslation (16-t)
d.  longest deletion in each position (Baltimore transdeletion) [L122,1-213,22-58]
        common words: restates : testers & staters & staters & estates & restate & restate & tessera & tessera (8-t)
        common words: hectares : retches & heaters & chaster & chaster & creates & teaches & cheater & reaches (8-t)
        common words: teachers : retches & heaters & chaster & chaster & creates & teaches & cheater & reaches (8-t)
        common words: cheaters : retches & heaters & chaster & chaster & creates & teaches & cheater & reaches (8-t)
        common words: rangiest : resting & ratings & retinas & strange & triages & seating & tearing & erasing (8-t)
        common words: angriest : resting & ratings & retinas & strange & triages & seating & tearing & erasing (8-t)
        common words: ingrates : resting & ratings & retinas & strange & triages & seating & tearing & erasing (8-t)
        common words: emigrant : terming & migrant & raiment & garment & tearing & migrate & teaming & mangier (8-t)
        common words: reactors : rectors & roaster & carrots & tracers & coaters & coaters & creator & coarser (8-t)
        ... and 12 others
        uncommon words: enigmatists : missetting & misstating & ministates & magnetists & magnetists & instigates & stigmatise & estimating & estimating & misseating & misseating (11-t)
        uncommon words: idolatrises : siderotils & solitaires & solidarist & estradiols & estradiols & asterioids & dialisters & sodalities & editorials & editorials & solidarise (11-t)
        uncommon words: galanteries : generalist & generalist & antiglares & antiglares & snaileater & estrangela & tegenarias & legataries & gelatinase & galanterie & geraniales (11-t)
        uncommon words: enteralgias : generalist & generalist & antiglares & antiglares & snaileater & estrangela & tegenarias & legataries & gelatinase & galanterie & geraniales (11-t)
        uncommon words: ulcerations : cornulites & uranotiles & ultrasonic & nucleators & nectarious & alectorius & antiulcers & inoculates & ulceration & urceolinas & alectrions (11-t)
e.  Baltimore progressive [4-67,11-215,14-150,15-20,16-23,17-72]

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