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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 “occupation” 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
occupation164518(None) 
occupations1744541occupations
accusation1466902accusation
occultation1545132occultation
occupational1883002occupational
osculation1249672osculation
reoccupation1873322reoccupation
acceptation1765323acceptation
accusations1546003accusations
actuation11310333actu_ation
arcuation11410583arcu_ation
caudation1269993_caudation
causation1199523_causation
copulation141111953copulation
exculpation2244873exculpation
flocculation1952803flocculation
incubation1448363incubation
inculpation1546773inculpation
maculation14510983maculation
obscuration1544403obscuration
obturation1297143obturation
occasion1244213occ__asion
occultations1644373occultations
osculations1348373osculations
ovulation1238983o_vulation
peculation14311993peculation
preoccupation2152393preoccupation
pupation1269503__pupation
reoccupations1972763reoccupations
sacculation1547843sacculation

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603306.19022714.5
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.63926915.3
 
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