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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 “congratulations” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
congratulations188278(None) 
congratulation1782821congratulation_
congratulating1862142congratulati_ng
congratulators1762042congratulat_ors
confabulations2162803con_fabulations
congratulates16103293congratulat__es
congratulator1672123congratulat_o_r
congratulatory2061733congratulat_ory
gratulations1345173___gratulations
coagulations1546514co___agulations
concatenations1873724con_catenations
concretizations2854034concretizations
confabulation2063304con_fabulation_
congelations1549734cong___elations
conglutinations1862544conglutinations
congratulate1583194congratulat___e
congratulated17112874congratulat__ed
congregations17186414congr__egations
degranulations1652744_degranulations
granulations1345784___granulations
gratulation1245994___gratulation_
ingratiations1455154_ingrat_iations

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit43548222.31318827.5
3Display Results22220.0131692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691222.41973869.8
 
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