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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 “echolocation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

35 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
echolocation195281(None) 
echolocations2052621echolocations
collocation1547173_collocation
coloration12913183_c_oloration
allocation1248574__allocation
bilocation1446124__bilocation
chelation1439974_chel__ation
collation11313994_c_ol_lation
collocations1646404_collocations
colocating1548624_c_olocating
colorations13911894_c_olorations
convocation1847884_convocation
coronation12412074_c_oronation
corotation12410974_c_orotation
decollation1448194dec_ol_lation
dislocation14147504_dislocation
elocution1145674e___locution
embolization2547414embolization
embrocation1744584e_mbrocation
equivocation2652064equivocation
etiolation1048534etiol__ation
evocation142010294e___vocation
exfoliation2145254exfol_iation
exhalation2046654exhal__ation
exhilaration2252524exhilaration
exhortation2145024exho_rtation
explication2248454e_xplication
exploration2066714e_xploration
homologation18122654homologation
location102113914____location
mislocation15126414_mislocation
provocation1847354_provocation
reallocation1454494reallocation
reciprocation19183494reciprocation
relocation12312114__relocation

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790356.58018965.0
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.98625578.4
 
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