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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 “proportion” 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.

41 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
proportion144899(None) 
preportion1448871preportion
proportions1548461proportions
preportions1548262preportions
proabortion1553162proabortion
promotion1359502promo_tion
proportional1655812proportional
proportioned1754402proportioned
proposition1588742proposition
apportion1347003_apportion
corporation151210653corporation
disproportion1862333disproportion
portion9615493___portion
prenotion1149173preno_tion
preoption1348083pr_eoption
preparation1549273preparation
preportioned1754253preportioned
preposition15108583preposition
proaction13410103pro_action
probation13412183pro_bation
procuration1548293procuration
production1547893production
projection2158763projection
promotions1448783promo_tions
pronation11415703pro_nation
propagation1646443propagation
properdin1446273properdi_n
propertied15137253propertied
properties141411883properties
proportionals1764023proportionals
proportionate1773873proportionate
proportioning1863953proportioning
propositions16108313propositions
propulsion1453853propulsion
proration11415983pro_ration
prorogation1447393prorogation
prostration13410793prostration
protection14511473protection
protonation13510433protonation
provocation1847353provocation
retortion949673_retortion

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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603416.37622051.9
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691416.84226116.8
 
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