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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 “electron” 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.

98 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
electron10261141(None) 
election102015351election
electro92810031electro_
electrons112411751electrons
electros102811741electros
plectron12228021plectron
ejection172510042ejection
elections112414972elections
elector93313252elect_or
electors103013842electors
electret10411992electret
electric1249182electric
electrode1247012electrode
electroed1246972electroed
electroing1346902electroing
electronic1477942electronic
electrum1245212electrum
elytron1045462el_ytron
erection102115512erection
evection131910832evection
flection13239562flection
lection92614862_lection
plectrons13258072plectrons
selection11311272selection
aleuron757383ale_uron
bilection13156803bilection
bolection13117673bolection
defection151610643defection
deflection16147733deflection
dejection19178663dejection
deletion92011973dele_tion
detection121310413detection
eduction1169053eduction
egestion946863egestion
ejections18249963ejections
ejector16378603eject_or
ejectors17328663ejectors
elation73620453el_ation
elect74327033elect___
elected102812613elect_ed
electee92513243elect_ee
electees10238723electees
electing112113783electing
elective13311003elective
electoral1156723electoral
electress1146113electress
electrets1146543electrets
electrics1348003electrics
electrify1744673electrify
electrodes1347253electrodes
electrojet1956773electrojet
electronica1586433electronica
electronics1557213electronics
electrums1344483electrums
elects83315003elect__s
elevation1239233elevation
elevon977953ele__von
elocution1145673elocution
elution72913823el_ution
erections112515213erections
erector93513813erect_or
erectors103514263erectors
evections142510693evections
eviction13228683eviction
exaction1738953exaction
execution1846303execution
exertion15310083exertion
exsection1847493exsection
flections14239213flections
fleuron1055573fle_uron
klystron1542523klystron
lectern937033_lectern
lectin82515013_lect_in
lections102413843_lections
lector83514983_lect_or
lectors93415763_lectors
lepton82510803_lept_on
mellotron1143383mellotron
neutron737763_neutron
plastron1046913plastron
plectra1145783plectr_a
plectrum1453953plectrum
pleuron976343ple_uron
pliotron1044563pliotron
prelection141511293prelection
reelection12198633reelection
refection141512283refection
reflection15168993reflection
rejection181710253rejection
reliction11310693reliction
resection111613273resection
section92515663_section
selections12310873selections
selectman1343553selectman
selectmen1344613selectmen
selector1048613select_or
selectors1148963selectors
telethon1146003tele_thon

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162986.48322545.4
3Display Results98980.0332969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691986.93925751.7
 
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