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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 “motion” 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.

53 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
motion8521755(None) 
amotion9710471amotion
emotion9711301emotion
lotion65716521lotion
morion86217731morion
motions94215001motions
notion64516581notion
potion84519571potion
action84719682action
amotions1069842amotions
cation83925502cation
coition9314312coition
cotton8312992cotton
demotion1169072demotion
emoticon1273792emoticon
emotions10610282emotions
gonion73612832gonion
kation104315682kation
logion76013722logion
lotions74614762lotions
matin75132852mati_n
matron83918312matron
mention9314372mention
minion83416242minion
monition10311722monition
moon67140812mo__on
morions94014642morions
moron76925422mo_ron
morrion959002morrion
motif10519682moti_f
motifs1139672motifs
motile83818342motile
motional1058672motional
motioned1137452motioned
motioner1037592motioner
motive113112142motive
motmot10311072motmot
motor75317292mot_or
motto76119512motto_
mottos84615242mottos
mouton8410852mouton
muton73817002mut_on
mutton8510452mutton
nation64322802nation
notions74014482notions
onion54320972_onion
option83612712option
portion9615492portion
potions93417422potions
ration64226012ration
remotion10410232remotion
ronion63315642ronion
solion6616382solion

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551535.90613977.5
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691536.26528522.1
 
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