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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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107 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
regulation1131205(None) 
regulations12310711regulations
angulation1149552angulation
crenulation1347572crenulation
deregulation1446082deregulation
emulation11312392_emulation
peculation14311992peculation
reflation12412332re_flation
refutation1349912refutation
regulating12310062regulating
regulative1446982regulative
regulator1046972regulat_or
relation82619772re__lation
reputation12411882reputation
reregulation1346412reregulation
revelation13410922revelation
adulation10311013_adulation
ambulation1447873ambulation
angulations1268053angulations
annulation1068953annulation
coagulation1447273coagulation
copulation141111953copulation
crenelation1346853crenelation
crenulations1446493crenulations
cumulation1448173cumulation
dealation10313003de_alation
deflation13310653de_flation
degustation1345633degustation
delation92318083de__lation
denudation1247303denudation
depilation13312033depilation
deputation1339393deputation
deregulations1545203deregulations
desolation11311403desolation
education12310203_education
elation73620453_e__lation
emulations12310943_emulations
epilation11312963_epilation
equation17310483_equ_ation
exudation1787693_exudation
exultation1747533_exultation
fellation1238843fe_llation
figuration1445913figuration
gelation93014433__gelation
granulation1246553granulation
gratulation1245993gratulation
insulation10311663insulation
legation92412933leg__ation
legislation1244283legislation
lobulation1247233lobulation
maculation14510983maculation
modulation13147933modulation
morulation12148903morulation
negation92913023neg__ation
neurulation1145343neurulation
nodulation11127993nodulation
nonregulation1473903nonregulation
osculation1249673osculation
ovulation1238983_ovulation
peculations15310283peculations
population14810023population
recitation12315943recitation
recreation12413613recreation
reduction1259903redu_ction
reeducation1445933reeducation
reflations13311233re_flations
refutations1448673refutations
regelating1239953regelating
regularity1454043regularity
regularize2045313regularize
regulate9313023regulat__e
regulated11310463regulat_ed
regulates101211723regulat_es
regulators1146503regulators
regulatory1445293regulatory
reinflation1447203reinflation
relations92418333re__lations
relaxation1746453relaxation
relegation11610023relegation
relocation12312113relocation
reluctation1347963reluctation
renovation1358783renovation
reparation12612723reparation
repletion1147693re_pletion
repopulation1656103repopulation
repudiation14107603repudiation
repulsion1145193repul_sion
reputations13410733reputations
reregulations1455713reregulations
resolution1097733resolution
restation9316913re_station
resumption14124733resumption
retaliation11612323retaliation
reticulation1448053reticulation
revaluation1458143revaluation
revelations14410303revelations
revocation15410813revocation
revolution13117563revolution
revulsion1244353revul_sion
rogation91612053rog__ation
simulation1269583simulation
speculation1547543speculation
tabulation1247813tabulation
tribulation1346483tribulation
ululation938093_ululation
undulation1147103undulation
vegetation1448213vegetation

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit1406031078.65616243.4
3Display Results1071070.0462326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911078.85820172.8
 
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