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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 “ornamentation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
ornamentation157361(None) 
ornamentations1673251ornamentations
argumentation16103583argumentation
fragmentation19233873fragmentation
lamentation13106573__lamentation
orientation1147573or__ientation
alimentation14105334_alimentation
argumentations1783274argumentations
augmentation1554394_augmentation
cementation1559704__cementation
documentation18144724documentation
fermentation1756824_fermentation
fomentation1647714__fomentation
fragmentations20213564fragmentations
frequentation2552634frequentation
indentation1248374_in_dentation
lamentations1495984__lamentations
mentation11313984____mentation
orientations1246914or__ientations
ornamental1264644ornamenta___l
ornamentally1763334ornamenta_lly
ornamentals1353904ornamenta__ls
ornamenting1452564ornamen__ting
ostentation1146964o__stentation
pigmentation1754484_pigmentation
placentation1694154_placentation
presentation1448994pr_esentation
regimentation1695434regimentation
sedimentation1654834sedimentation
segmentation1556004_segmentation

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024305.50017277.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691305.87330425.8
 
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