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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 “delineation” 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.

45 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
delineation124776(None) 
delineations1346761delineations
declination14411872declin_ation
deliberation1546362deliberation
delineating1346372delineating
delineative1554662delineative
delineator1174172delineat_or
lineation9310762__lineation
alienation1048793_alienation
deamination14411543deamin_ation
decantation1448943decantation
decimation15411623deci_mation
declinations15410223declin_ations
dedication14311963dedi_cation
definition1445963defin_ition
degeneration1447283degeneration
delamination1548853delamin_ation
delation92318083del___ation
delectation1448553delectation
delegation1238883del_egation
deletion92011973del__e_tion
deliberations1645533deliberations
delimitation1597263delimitation
delineate1047793delineat__e
delineated1246243delineat_ed
delineates1147123delineat_es
delineators1253963delineators
denegation1249413de__negation
denigration1348463denigration
dentation10315243de__ntation
depilation13312033depi_lation
derivation14712783deri_vation
desalination13411133desalin_ation
desiccation1646383desiccation
desideration1456393desideration
designation1347483designation
destination12413843destin_ation
detonation11310943deton_ation
deviation13312393devi__ation
divination14139233divin_ation
domination13712373domin_ation
elongation1145353_elongation
gemination131410663gemin_ation
lineations1039543__lineations
melioration1368183melioration

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 Limit121633455.06324023.9
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691455.46932673.4
 
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