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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 “ventilation” 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.

30 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
ventilation144816(None) 
ventilations1547401ventilations
ventilating1546332ventilating
ventilator13115112ventilat_or
aestivation1447923aestivation
cantillation1446693cantillation
centillion1254463centil_lion
dentation10315243dent__ation
denticulation1654563denticulation
dentition1049633denti__tion
depilation13312033de_pilation
destination12413843destination
epilation11312963_e_pilation
estimation12410843_estimation
estivation1349813_estivation
etiolation1048533_e_tiolation
intimation12413043_intimation
mentation11313983ment__ation
mutilation1249753_mutilation
pectination15410333pectination
venation11513503ven___ation
vendition1345693vendi__tion
veneration13412343ven_eration
ventilate1248383ventilat__e
ventilated1446363ventilat_ed
ventilates1347603ventilat_es
ventilators14105063ventilators
ventilatory17114123ventilatory
vindication1746353vindication
vitiation1239563v_iti_ation

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633305.47022236.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.89230327.7
 
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