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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 “edification” 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.

55 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
edification174935(None) 
deification17411661deification
edifications1848691edifications
codification20108072codification
deifications18410652deifications
modification20107202modification
nidification1847452nidification
reification16412902reification
unification1648732unification
verification201810642verification
acetification2046723acetification
acidification2154883acidification
basification19127323basification
beatification20138073beatification
certification2048603certification
citification1949153citification
codifications21127623codifications
dandification2045903dandification
dedication14311963_dedication
defecation1679803_defecation
densification1947333densification
divination14139233_divination
education12310203ed__ucation
elicitation1347533elicitation
elimination1348533elimination
eradication14410113eradication
explication2248453explication
extrication2049793extrication
gasification1867103gasification
humification2246103humification
medication15411173med__ication
modifications21106983modifications
nazification2646043nazification
nidifications1946943nidifications
notification1749063notification
ossification17116543ossification
pacification2168053pacification
petrification2048813petrification
purification1948173purification
ramification1998213ramification
ratification17810663ratification
recodification22125663recodification
rectification2049513rectification
rededication1646503rededication
reifications17411823reifications
reunification18147453reunification
specification2245763specification
typification2244863typification
uglification1845493uglification
unifications1748043unifications
verifications21159973verifications
versification21157493versification
vilification2077123vilification
vinification2068233vinification
vivification2366343vivification

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911216330.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121633558.76313880.3
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691559.59218629.2
 
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