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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 “apportions” 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.

33 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
apportions144628(None) 
apportion1347001apportion_
abortions1147782a_bortions
apparitions1544072apparitions
apportioned1653452apportioned
appositions1546152appositions
portions10514412__portions
reapportions1653652reapportions
abortion1048103a_bortion_
absorptions1544593absorptions
accordions1552733accordions
adoptions1245783a_doptions
adorations11310233a_dorations
adsorptions1444163adsorptions
amotions1069843a_mo_tions
apparition1444583apparition_
apparitors1443013apparitors
appertains1455273appertains
apportioning1753093apportioning
apposition1446593apposition_
approbations1854243approbations
aspersions1246103aspersions
aspirations1348993aspirations
assertions1046583assertions
extortions1746473extortions
oppositions1575123oppositions
portion9615493__portion_
potions93417423__po_tions
preportions1548263preportions
proportions1548463proportions
prorations12314463_prorations
reapportion1554033reapportion_
retortions1049143retortions

Search took 9 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 Limit140603338.51616510.5
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.96819925.4
 
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