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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 “expansion” 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.

39 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
expansion184444(None) 
expansions1944151expansions
expansile1843942expansile
expansional2052802expansional
expansive2144392expansive
explosion18115212explosion
expulsion1843892expulsion
extension1646292extension
erasion7311963e_ra_sion
evasion1036753e_va_sion
exaction1738953ex_action
excision1746273ex_cision
exclusion1845223exclusion
excursion1844613excursion
exhaustion2052883exhaustion
expanding2044793expanding
expandor18142763expan_dor
expanse16145603expans__e
expanses17156173expans_es
expansible2153553expansible
expansionary2462103expansionary
expansionism2392683expansionism
expansionist2183433expansionist
expensing1946003expensing
expensive2145843expensive
expiation18710423expiation
explanation2045263explanation
explosions19134663explosions
expression1946573expression
expulsions1943833expulsions
expunction2143573expunction
extensions1746133extensions
extrusion1645253extrusion
impassion1344863impassion
mansion9611543__mansion
passion9310883__passion
pension9412203__pension
scansion1045693_scansion
sponsion1045623_sponsion

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641397.30020361.8
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691397.76623009.4
 
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