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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 “celebrations” 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.

36 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
celebrations164574(None) 
celebration1546461celebration_
cerebrations1646961cerebrations
calibrations1645152calibrations
celebrating1646112celebrati_ng
celebrators1544412celebrat_ors
cerebration1547922cerebration_
accelerations1754193accele_rations
calibration1545993calibration_
celebrates1447683celebrat__es
celebrator1444983celebrat_o_r
celebratory1853313celebrat_ory
celebrities15134453celebriti_es
cementations1659013cementations
cerebrating1646663cerebrati_ng
colorations13911893col_orations
concelebrations21103163concelebrations
deaerations12311673deae_rations
decelerations1646423decele_rations
decerebrations1993743decerebrations
delectations1547453delectations
delegations1348033dele_gations
deliberations1645533deliberations
desecrations1559213desecrations
elaborations1444923_elaborations
elevations1338633_ele_vations
execrations2048923_execrations
federations1548883fede_rations
generations12311423gene_rations
librations12149063__librations
meliorations1466753meliorations
noncelebrations19122823noncelebrations
penetrations1448853penetrations
relegations1248973rele_gations
tolerations1158133tole_rations
venerations14411313vene_rations

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 Filter178691950240.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit95024363.42327760.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.77947285.3
 
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