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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 “notation” 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.

42 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
notation8141460(None) 
dotation91412731dotation
natation81513931natation
notations91512971notations
novation111710011novation
nutation81513101nutation
potation101716781potation
rotation81615451rotation
annotation1047752annotation
citation10314362citation
conation101420882conation
denotation11311082denotation
donation91513782donation
dotations101411632dotations
fetation11613142fetation
flotation1267812flotation
iodation9310382iodation
lobation102110552lobation
location102113912location
mutation101412882mutation
natations91412492natations
nation64322802n__ation
negation92913022negation
nictation1189272nictation
nidation9410582nidation
nitration9313442nitration
nonaction1149442nonaction
notating92513342notating
notational1048122notational
notion64516582no__tion
novations12139002novations
nutations91411762nutations
oration71617712_oration
ovation101510022_ovation
potations111615072potations
quotation18146972quotation
rogation91612052rogation
rotations91613842rotations
solation8916152solation
station72717242_station
vocation132311982vocation
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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059423.37635858.7
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.79547085.9
 
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