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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 “paction” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 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
paction11271396(None) 
action84719681_action
faction122613331faction
pactions122613501pactions
taction93213021taction
actin74922552_acti_n
actinon9459462_actinon
actions94218512_actions
auction93412932auction
bastion9312472bastion
caption113513692caption
cation83925502ca_tion
caution93013522caution
coaction12310772coaction
diction102313052diction
exaction1738952exaction
factions133013062factions
fiction122010732fiction
fraction1359482fraction
impaction1545732impaction
inaction1039622inaction
kation104315682ka_tion
lection92614862lection
nation64322802na_tion
parton84720992part_on
passion9310882passion
patin76832852pa_ti_n
patio74426352pa_tio_
patios85221782pa_tios
patron84018042pa_tron
pectin102615532pecti_n
placation1339772placation
portion9615492portion
potion84519572p_otion
proaction13410102proaction
ration64226012ra_tion
reaction10612602reaction
ruction93611612ruction
sanction1049532sanction
section92515662section
suction93713042suction
tactions102912422tactions
traction10412682traction
unction9310662unction
vacation131911892vacation

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671453.54630364.1
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.93845376.1
 
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