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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 “devotional” 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.

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
devotional144467(None) 
devotionals1552991devotionals
devotion1256762devotion__
devotionally1953722devotionally
devotions1356592devotion_s
emotional1146662_emotional
deceptional1654773deceptional
decisional1344833decisional
delusional1153303delusional
demotion1169073demotion__
demotions1258443demotion_s
denominal1245693denomi_nal
dentinal939503de_nti_nal
depositional1554623depositional
derivational1654263derivational
devoting1338823devoti_n_g
dictional1268613d_ictional
divisional1453953divisional
ecotonal1046253_ecot_onal
erosional946623_erosional
evasional1244293_evasional
ideational1146503ide_ational
motional1058673__motional
negational1147153negational
notional849403__notional
ovational1246853_ovational
relational1047713relational
sectional1149423se_ctional
serotinal947213seroti_nal
unemotional1353493unemotional

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.18622729.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.60827041.6
 
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