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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 “carnation” 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.

27 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
carnation1131294(None) 
carnations12311351carnations
darnation1039821darnation
tarnation9310091tarnation
adnation9310782_adnation
agnation9311722_agnation
carbanion1345942carbanion
carbonation1545852carbonation
caseation1199512caseation
cassation1197912cassation
catenation1249522catenation
caudation1269992caudation
causation1199522causation
cognation12310752cognation
conation101420882c_onation
connation11314262connation
coronation12412072coronation
creation102816512c_reation
crenation11412922crenation
damnation1238402damnation
darnations1138412darnations
incarnation1347462incarnation
marination12312812marination
narration9310062narration
tarnations1038902tarnations
variation12312392variation
vernation12311082vernation

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911214360.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121436278.92313609.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691279.73518355.5
 
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