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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 “excursion” 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.

38 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
excursion184461(None) 
excursions1944321excursions
excision1746272exc_ision
exclusion1845222exclusion
excursive2143932excursive
expulsion1843892expulsion
extrusion1645252extrusion
incursion1145222incursion
recursion1146152recursion
decurion1146623decur_ion
eclosion1046893e_closion
effusion1444603effu_sion
elusion72310953e_lu_sion
emersion1047733e_mersion
emulsion1045923e_mulsion
eversion1138713e_version
evulsion1155063e_vulsion
excelsior1852323excelsior
exception2046853exception
excerption2145063excerption
excisions1846383exc_isions
exclusions1945013exclusions
excretion1846713excretion
excursionist2173203excursionist
excursus1742593excurs_us
excusing1836503excu_sing
execution1846303execu_tion
exertion15310083ex_ertion
expansion1844443expansion
explosion18115213explosion
expulsions1943833expulsions
exsertion1646853exsertion
extension1646293extension
extortion1646723extortion
extrusions1745163extrusions
incursions1244833incursions
percussion1444993percussion
recursions1245403recursions

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 Filter1786911486410.530337152.8
2DLD Change Limit148641386.42323142.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.96925640.8
 
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