Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “selection” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

145 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
selection1131127(None) 
election102015351_election
selections12310871selections
bilection13156802bilection
bolection13117672bolection
defection151610642defection
deflection16147732deflection
dejection19178662dejection
deletion92011972dele_tion
detection121310412detection
ejection172510042_ejection
elections112414972_elections
electron102611412_electron
erection102115512_erection
evection131910832_evection
flection13239562_flection
lection92614862__lection
prelection141511292prelection
reelection12198632reelection
refection141512282refection
reflection15168992reflection
rejection181710252rejection
reliction11310692reliction
resection111613272resection
section92515662s__ection
seduction1266982seduction
selecting12310532selecting
selective1449522selective
selectman1343552selectman
selectmen1344612selectmen
selector1048612select_or
abjection2045323abjection
advection1545553advection
affection1745893affection
bijection20134793bijection
bilections14136503bilections
bisection13136983bisection
bolections14137293bolections
collection1448203collection
deception1448323deception
decoction1447523decoction
deduction1377083deduction
defecation1679803defecation
defections161510203defections
deflections17187323deflections
dejections20168353dejections
delation92318083del_ation
delectation1448553delectation
delegation1238883delegation
deletions102610933dele_tions
depiction1437273depiction
depletion1256663deple_tion
desertion10410203desertion
detections131410043detections
detention10169543detention
direction1289783direction
eduction1169053_eduction
egestion946863_egestion
ejections18249963_ejections
elation73620453_el_ation
electing112113783_electing
elective13311003_elective
elector93313253_elect_or
electro92810033_electro_
electrons112411753_electrons
electros102811743_electros
elevation1239233_elevation
elocution1145673_elocution
elution72913823_el_ution
erections112515213_erections
evections142510693_evections
eviction13228683_eviction
exaction1738953_exaction
execution1846303_execution
exertion15310083_exertion
exsection1847493exsection
fellation1238843fellation
flections14239213_flections
gelation93014433gel_ation
infection14410473infection
inflection1547633inflection
injection1838653injection
lectin82515013__lecti_n
lections102413843__lections
nonelection1347203nonelection
objection2045093objection
peltation11312963peltation
perfection1748363perfection
plectron12228023_plectron
postelection1654543postelection
preelection15136483preelection
prelections151210473prelections
preselection16154883preselection
reaction10612603re_action
reception13410323reception
redaction1259663redaction
reduction1259903reduction
reelections13167943reelections
refections151811643refections
reflections16178553reflections
rejections191510103rejections
relation82619773rel_ation
relegation11610023relegation
relictions12310023relictions
relocation12312113relocation
repletion1147693reple_tion
resections121513033resections
retention91611483retention
saltation9312003saltation
salvation1239293salvation
sanction1049533s_anction
secession1146703secession
secretion11118303secretion
sections102714703s__ections
sedation9312453se_dation
sedition939333se_dition
seductions1366873seductions
selachian1443683selachian
select82621173select___
selected1159783select_ed
selectee10910493select_ee
selectees1147013selectees
selectionist1458083selectionist
selectly1346563select_ly
selectors1148963selectors
selects91912143select__s
senecio947203senec_io_
senecios1046303senec_ios
sensation9510583sensation
seriation9318063seriation
serration9414063serration
siltation939213siltation
skeleton1244463skele_t_on
solation8916153sol_ation
solution889593sol_ution
solvation1237773solvation
stiction1038823s_tiction
striction1148983striction
subjection2165973subjection
subsection1496783subsection
suction93713043s__uction
sulcation11710733sulcation
sulfation1288783sulfation
surjection1974903surjection
telethon1145993tele_thon

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1486411458.01318550.0
3Display Results1451450.0632301.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911458.49921024.9
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.