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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 “sporulation” 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.

35 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
sporulation134640(None) 
sporulations1445681sporulations
morulation12148902_morulation
population14810022_population
speculation1547542speculation
spiculation1547032spiculation
sporulating1445112sporulating
sporulative1653742sporulative
copulation141111953_copulation
depopulation1765063depopulation
formulation1646363_formulation
inoculation1358713inoculation
lobulation1247233_lobulation
modulation13147933_modulation
morulations13148163_morulations
neurulation1145343neurulation
nodulation11127993_nodulation
ovulation1238983__ovulation
peculation14311993_peculation
populations15148713_populations
postulation13119133_postulation
repopulation1656103repopulation
sacculation1547843sacculation
simulation1269583s_imulation
solation8916153s_o__lation
spallation1247023sp_allation
speculations1646393speculations
spiculations1646173spiculations
spoliation1248423spo_liation
sporulate1146953sporulat__e
sporulated1345263sporulat_ed
sporulates1246483sporulat_es
stimulation1377223stimulation
stipulation1356333stipulation
subpopulation1962663subpopulation

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 Filter1786911216330.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121633354.62326310.4
3Display Results35350.0331060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691355.03235510.9
 
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