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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 “enation” 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.

52 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
enation7341923(None) 
elation73620451elation
enations83316901enations
nation64322801_nation
venation11513501venation
adnation9310782adnation
aeration8319932aeration
agnation9311722agnation
alation72920552alation
cation83925502_cation
conation101420882conation
crenation11412922crenation
delation92318082delation
dentation10315242dentation
donation91513782donation
edition8310852edition
elations83719122elations
elution72913822elution
emanation11910782emanation
emotion9711302emotion
enatic8317562enati_c
equation17310482equation
erasion7311962erasion
evasion1036752evasion
exaction1738952exaction
fetation11613142fetation
gelation93014432gelation
gnathion1243442gnathion
inaction1039622inaction
kation104315682_kation
legation92412932legation
lenition8310082lenition
lunation8311922lunation
mentation11313982mentation
mention9314372men_tion
nasion63914082_nasion
nations74720562_nations
natron64116022_natron
negation92913022negation
notion64516582_notion
oration71617712oration
ovation101510022ovation
ration64226012_ration
relation82619772relation
sedation9312452sedation
sensation9510582sensation
station72717242station
unction9310662unction
venations12311722venations
vernation12311082vernation
vexation1838782vexation
zonation171410722zonation

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671523.37331921.4
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.76547461.1
 
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