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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 “section” 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.

43 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
section9251566(None) 
lection92614861lection
sections102714701sections
suction93713041suction
action84719682_action
auction93412932auction
bisection13136982bisection
diction102313052diction
ejection172510042ejection
election102015352election
erection102115512erection
evection131910832evection
exsection1847492exsection
faction122613332faction
fiction122010732fiction
flection13239562flection
lectin82515012lecti_n
lections102413842lections
mention9314372mention
paction112713962paction
pectin102615532pecti_n
reaction10612602reaction
resection111613272resection
ruction93611612ruction
sanction1049532sanction
scion72214992s_c_ion
secretion11118302secretion
sectile9311972sectile
sectional1149422sectional
sectioned1246522sectioned
sector83415932sect_or
sedation9312452sedation
sedition939332sedition
seduction1266982seduction
selection11311272selection
session739762session
seton55223542se_t_on
sexton133610792sext_on
station72717242station
stiction1038822stiction
suctions103012902suctions
taction93213022taction
unction9310662unction

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671433.28032826.5
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.68648478.3
 
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