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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 “caption” 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.

34 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
caption11351369(None) 
captions123813221captions
cation83925501ca_tion
caution93013521caution
action84719682_action
adaption1145642adaption
bastion9312472bastion
camion103917192ca_mion
campion133011412campion
canton85722992cant_on
capitol11258282capitol
caplin103216302capli_n
capon95221872cap__on
captain112111062captain
captan101613342capt_an
captioned1445762captioned
captious122810572captious
captive1438972captive
captor104914602capt_or
carrion9312672carrion
carton84522662cart_on
cartoon94114462cartoon
cations94524142ca_tions
cautions103313182cautions
coaction12310772coaction
coition9314312coition
cooption1288342cooption
faction122613332faction
kation104315682ka_tion
nation64322802na_tion
option83612712_option
paction112713962paction
ration64226012ra_tion
taction93213022taction

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671343.23333303.7
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.62549294.1
 
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