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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 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
dilation9221546(None) 
delation92318081delation
dilations102614451dilations
dilution9239141dilution
ablation10312432ablation
adulation10311012adulation
alation72920552_alation
ciliation111112492ciliation
citation10314362citation
dealation10313002dealation
deflation13310652deflation
delations102616592delations
deletion92011972deletion
depilation13312032depilation
diatron839282di_atron
dictation12810562dictation
diction102313052di_ction
dilatation1147392dilatation
dilating102714902dilating
dilative1239522dilative
dilator82712782dilat_or
dilutions10248582dilutions
diluvion12215412diluvion
donation91513782donation
dotation91412732dotation
duration9312692duration
elation73620452_elation
epilation11312962epilation
filiation121110242filiation
fixation1837072fixation
gelation93014432gelation
halation11313852halation
himation1339752himation
ideation9310492ideation
illation8311942illation
libation102411362libation
ligation92313092ligation
nidation9410582nidation
oblation1039862oblation
relation82619772relation
siltation939212siltation
solation8916152solation
violation1238442violation

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059433.61033534.3
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691434.03244318.2
 
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