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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 “informational” 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.

48 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
informational185434(None) 
conformational21153712conformational
deformational19122972deformational
information16147712information__
informationally2362462informationally
informations17127032information_s
reformational18113422reformational
confirmational21153393confirmational
innovational1553833inno_vational
international1357673international
intonational1256003into_national
invocational1754413invo_cational
antirational1278494antir_ational
conformation1947324conformation__
conformations2046724conformation_s
deformation1747664deformation__
deformations1846844deformation_s
formation1439424__formation__
formations1538204__formation_s
incantational1553564incantational
inclinational1553934inclinational
indicational1545754in_dicational
inflectional1754384inf_lectional
informatics1854104informati__cs
informative1965154informati__ve
informatively2453294informatively
informatorily2161584informat_orily
informatory1953464informat_o_ry
infuriation1448244infuriation__
infuriations1547444infuriation_s
inhalational1553044in_halational
inscriptional17173514inscriptional
insertional1147464inser__tional
inspirational1554414inspirational
instructional1555094instructional
interactional1557004interactional
internationals1454244internationals
invitational1554904in_vitational
involutional1553574invo_lutional
irrational1047214i___rrational
irrotational1254024irro_tational
narrational1145444_n_arrational
nonnational11107834_n_onnational
nonrational11109124_n_onrational
notational1048124_n_o_tational
perorational1446394peror_ational
reformation1648414reformation__
reformations1747604reformation_s

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024484.85619568.4
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691485.24934042.9
 
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