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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 “institutions” 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.

28 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
institutions124473(None) 
institution1145291institution_
constitutions1554862constitutions
destitutions1385252destitutions
instigations1348242instigations
instituting1244802instituti_ng
institutional1353502institutional
institutors1153212institut_ors
restitutions1275702restitutions
constitution1455263constitution_
destitution1255543destitution_
incitations13310883in_citations
initiations11410723initi_ations
insanitations13136473insanitations
insinuations12136423ins_inuations
inspirations1447303inspirations
instigation1249243instigation_
instillations1344923instillations
instituters1153223institut_ers
institutes1046053institut__es
institutor1053673institut_o_r
instructions14137813instructions
intimations13411883in_timations
intinctions1347003in_tinctions
invitations1449053in_vitations
prostitutions1554253prostitutions
restitution1175973restitution_
substitutions1553283substitutions

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024283.87624516.0
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691284.26241926.6
 
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