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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 “explosion” 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.

40 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
explosion1811521(None) 
explosions19134661explosions
eclosion1046892e_closion
exclusion1845222exclusion
expansion1844442expansion
explosive2144832explosive
expulsion1843892expulsion
implosion1344342implosion
plosion939112__plosion
displosion13184493displosion
eclosions1146203e_closions
elision72311103e__lision
elusion72310953e__lusion
empoison1243843emp_oison
emulsion1045923emul_sion
erosion7311113e__rosion
evulsion1155063evul_sion
excision1746273ex_cision
exclusions1945013exclusions
excursion1844613excursion
expansions1944153expansions
expiation18710423expiation
explain1667043expl_ai_n
exploding2044933exploding
exploit1648623explo_i_t
exploits1745973explo_its
exploration2066713exploration
exploring1945543exploring
explosives2243643explosives
exposing1836673exp_osing
exposit1649683exp_osi_t
exposition1947163exp_osition
expositor1844153exp_ositor
exposits1747243exp_osits
expression1946573expression
expulsions1943833expulsions
extension1646293extension
extrusion1645253extrusion
implosions1444023implosions
plosions1038023__plosions

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641407.06321045.0
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691407.49923828.6
 
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