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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 “speculations” 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.

35 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
speculations164639(None) 
peculations15310281_peculations
speculation1547541speculation_
spiculations1646171spiculations
peculation14311992_peculation_
sacculations1646662sacculations
speciations1548482spec_iations
speculating1645942speculati_ng
speculators1564132speculat_ors
spiculation1547032spiculation_
sporulations1445682sporulations
calculations1647073calculations
circulations1648483circulations
crenulations1446493crenulations
ejaculations2195213ejaculations
emulations12310943__emulations
inoculations1457683inoculations
maculations1569623_maculations
osculations1348373_osculations
peculating1549153_peculati_ng
peculators1486983_peculat_ors
percolations1648053_percolations
populations15148713_populations
regulations12310713_regulations
sacculation1547843sacculation_
scalations1239783s__calations
simulations1368393s_imulations
spallations1356103sp_allations
speciation1449393spec_iation_
speculates14237903speculat__es
speculative1844273speculati_ve
speculator1484883speculat_o_r
sporulation1346403sporulation_
stimulations1456203stimulations
stipulations1455443stipulations

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024354.04623485.9
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.42240409.5
 
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