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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 “provocation” 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.

39 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
provocation184735(None) 
provocations1956871provocations
prorogation1447392prorogation
protonation13510432protonation
provocative2154642provocative
revocation15410812_revocation
advocation1645743_advocation
avocation14168993__avocation
convocation1847883convocation
evocation142010293__evocation
invocation1547543_invocation
predication16412433predication
prevocational2054013prevocational
privation14311173priv__ation
proaction13410103pro_ac_tion
probation13412183pr__obation
procreation1547953procreation
procuration1548293procuration
production1547893produc_tion
profanation16186103profanation
projection2158763projec_tion
prolongation1563713prolongation
promotion1359503promo__tion
pronation11415703pr__onation
propagation1646443propagation
proportion1448993propo_rtion
proposition1588743proposition
proration11415983pr__oration
prorogations1556723prorogations
prosecution1546073prosecution
prostration13410793prostration
protection14511473protec_tion
protonations1449073protonations
protraction1547213protraction
provocateur1851613provocateur
provocatives2253373provocatives
relocation12312113_relocation
revocations16410313_revocations
vocation132311983___vocation

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633394.94024622.1
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691395.34333443.9
 
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