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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 “creation” 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.

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
creation10281651(None) 
creatin93618131creati_n
creations112614541creations
cremation13511641cremation
crenation11412921crenation
aeration8319932aeration
carnation11312942carnation
caseation1199512caseation
cation83925502c__ation
ceratin93020162cerati_n
chelation1439962chelation
citation10314362citation
conation101420882conation
craton84517192cr_at_on
creatine103417412creatine
creating113921952creating
creatins103617512creatins
creative132812802creative
creator93714432creat_or
cremations14410712cremations
crenations12511692crenations
cretin82917912cre_ti_n
erection102115512erection
ideation9310492ideation
oration71617712or_ation
predation12313462predation
ration64226012_r_ation
reaction10612602_reaction
recreation12413612recreation
relation82619772_relation

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.83031608.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.23342213.8
 
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