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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 “absorption” 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
absorption144488(None) 
absorptions1544591absorptions
adsorption1344271adsorption
abortion1048102ab_or_tion
absolution1244402absolution
absorptive1753672absorptive
adsorptions1444162adsorptions
desorption1346222desorption
resorption1247252resorption
sorption1037512__sorption
aberration1267203aberration
abjuration1945883abjuration
abolition1147053ab_olition
abortions1147783ab_or_tions
abrogation13107333abrogation
abruption1343973ab_ruption
absolutions1344713absolutions
abstention1254393abstention
abstraction1545883abstraction
adoption1146083a_do_ption
adoration10311313a_doration
adsorptive1653363adsorptive
apportion1347003appor_tion
ascription1444993a_scription
assertion946723asser_tion
assumption1483023assumption
desorptions1445993desorptions
malabsorption1961263malabsorption
resorptions1347233resorptions
sorptions1137123__sorptions

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603305.89023871.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.32928233.7
 
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