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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 “cation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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91 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
cation8392550(None) 
action84719681action
camion103917191camion
caption113513691caption
cations94524141cations
caution93013521caution
kation104315681kation
nation64322801nation
ration64226011ration
actin74922552acti_n
actinon9459462actinon
actions94218512actions
alation72920552alation
anion55028812_anion
avion84218342_avion
axion1211316912_axion
basion84315852basion
bastion9312472bastion
baton75822422bat_on
cabin94820942cabi_n
cain65643912ca_i_n
cairn75717512ca_irn
cajon144513902ca_jon
camions113916132camions
campion133011412campion
cannon84514442cannon
canon74725302ca_non
canton85722992canton
canyon114512032canyon
capon95221872ca_pon
captions123813222captions
carbon104919042carbon
cardon94120852cardon
carrion9312672carrion
carton84522662carton
cartoon94114462cartoon
casino84317552casino
cationic12310012cationic
catkin123512382catkin
catlin83819082catlin
cautions103313182cautions
chiton112612392chiton
cion613330912c__ion
citation10314362citation
citron83112982citron
clarion9311662clarion
coaction12310772coaction
coition9314312coition
conation101420882conation
cotton8312992cotton
craton84517192crat_on
creation102816512creation
cutin75022782cuti_n
cyton101511462cyt_on
elation73620452elation
enation73419232enation
faction122613332faction
fanion94514322fanion
gabion93211032gabion
kations114013662kations
latino64120472latino
location102113912location
lotion65716522lotion
matin75132852mati_n
matron83918312matron
motion85217552motion
nasion63914082nasion
nations74720562nations
natron64116022natron
notion64516582notion
option83612712option
oration71617712oration
ovation101510022ovation
paction112713962paction
patin76832852pati_n
patio74426352patio_
patios85221782patios
patron84018042patron
potion84519572potion
ratio55227582ratio_
rations74123432rations
ratios64922672ratios
ratoon64417372ratoon
ratton64116122ratton
satin55935222sati_n
station72717242station
taction93213022taction
talion6317712talion
vacation131911892vacation
vocation132311982vocation
wanion93213062wanion

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551912.56032246.5
3Display Results91910.0332757.6
 (SQL Overall)178691912.95360511.7
 
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