Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “detention” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

101 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
detention1016954(None) 
detection121310411detection
detentions11148801detentions
retention91611481retention
attention946102attention
deception1448322deception
defection151610642defection
dejection19178662dejection
deletion92011972dele_tion
desertion10410202desertion
detections131410042detections
detentist1049322detentist
detonation11310942detonation
detrition1049132detrition
distention11158872distention
intention9412012intention
retentions101611112retentions
abstention1254393abstention
attentions1045983attentions
catenation1249523catenation
contention12412223contention
deaeration11313013deaeration
dealation10313003dealation
deceptions1547863deceptions
declension1343513declension
decoction1447523decoction
deduction1377083deduction
defecation1679803defecation
defections161510203defections
definition1445963definition
deflation13310653deflation
deflection16147733deflection
dejections20168353dejections
delation92318083de_lation
delegation1238883delegation
deletions102610933dele_tions
dementia1157833dementi_a
demential1248693demential
dementias1257413dementias
dementing13311043dementing
demeton1037683deme_t_on
demotion1169073de_motion
denegation1249413denegation
dentation10315243dentation
dentin73919573d__enti_n
dentition1049633dentition
depiction1437273depiction
depletion1256663depletion
descension1344543descension
desertions1139883desertions
destination12413843destination
detecting13259983detecting
detective1548103detective
detector11278323detect_or
detent73624483detent___
detente83313603detent__e
detentes92712873detent_es
detentists1145503detentists
detents83615153detent__s
detestation1248363detestation
detesting112610323detesting
detonations1239373detonations
detraction13138583detraction
detritions1148953detritions
detrusion1044383detrusion
deuteration1249103deuteration
deviation13312393deviation
devotion1256763de_votion
digestion1146573digestion
dimension1244743dimension
direction1289783direction
dissention11188073dissention
distension11156273distension
distentions12178843distentions
dotation91412733dot_ation
egestion946863_egestion
ejection172510043_ejection
election102015353_election
erection102115513_erection
evection131910833_evection
exertion15310083_exertion
extension1646293extension
fetation11613143fet_ation
indention1049513indention
intension948493intension
intentions10411403intentions
invention1248333invention
mention9314373__mention
petition10711753pet_ition
pretension1247533pretension
prevention1549173prevention
recension1148863recension
reception13410323reception
refection141512283refection
rejection181710253rejection
resection111613273resection
retentive1249853retentive
retortion949673retortion
selection11311273selection
septentrion1392313septentrion
tension7311803__tension

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1486411017.33020278.4
3Display Results1011010.0462195.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911017.79922912.0
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.