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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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138 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
variation1231239(None) 
variations13310771variations
aviation11312742_aviation
carnation11312942carnation
covariation1646772covariation
darnation1039822darnation
marination12312812marination
narration9310062narration
radiation10313392radiation
satiation9313432satiation
seriation9318062seriation
striation9313482striation
tarnation9310092tarnation
vacation131911892va_cation
validation1448412validation
vallation1239742vallation
valuation1249972valuation
variating13310942variating
variational1444772variational
variegation1543452variegation
vernation12311082vernation
vitiation1239562vitiation
ablation10312433_ablation
adnation9310783_adnation
aeration8319933_aeration
agitation10311223_agitation
agnation9311723_agnation
alation72920553_a_lation
animation11313683_animation
arcuation11410583_arcuation
aviations12311553_aviations
avocation14168993avocation
capitation14311363capitation
carbanion1345943carbanion
carnations12311353carnations
caseation1199513caseation
cassation1197913cassation
caudation1269993caudation
causation1199523causation
cavitation1549133cavitation
ciliation111112493ciliation
covariations1745983covariations
creation102816513_creation
damnation1238403damnation
darnations1138413darnations
derivation14712783derivation
deviation13312393deviation
divarication1855903divarication
duration9312693dur_ation
emaciation1449283emaciation
evacuation1547163evacuation
evagination1546563evagination
evaluation1358183evaluation
expiation18710423expiation
fabrication1846603fabrication
fasciation1546833fasciation
filiation121110243filiation
floriation1367793floriation
foliation121110793foliation
formation1439423formation
friction1347913_friction
furcation1448353furcation
glaciation1346583glaciation
gradation11107713gradation
gyration1237763gyr_ation
habitation1547913habitation
halation11313853ha_lation
herniation1348443herniation
irrigation1147803irrigation
irritation1048973irritation
jactation1838143jactation
lacrimation1546263lacrimation
lactation11310813lactation
lallation939493lallation
lamination12311223lamination
lariating10311783lariating
laudation1088133laudation
laureation1046153laureation
lavation1139973la_vation
laxation1538423la_xation
marathon1346813mar_athon
margination1447433margination
marinations13411273marinations
mediation12312293mediation
narrations1038943narrations
natation81513933na_tation
navigation1446003navigation
nervation12610243nervation
obviation1446093obviation
oration71617713_or_ation
pagination1348993pagination
palliation1248503palliation
palmation13310223palmation
palpation1339073palpation
parathion1446173par_athion
partition1148693partition
patination12312573patination
privation14311173_privation
purgation1247393purgation
radiations11311923radiations
ration64226013__r_ation
salivation1349813salivation
saltation9312003saltation
salvation1239293salvation
sanitation10412043sanitation
satiations10312113satiations
seriations10316683seriations
serration9414063serration
starvation1345493starvation
striations10312793striations
striction1148983striction
tarnations1038903tarnations
taxation1537993ta_xation
urination9312173_urination
vacations141910553va_cations
vaccination1846463vaccination
vacillation1645313vacillation
validations1547243validations
vallations1339083vallations
valorization2478413valorization
valuations1348783valuations
vaporization2697533vaporization
variate101316433variat__e
variated121211393variat_ed
variates111214983variat_es
variegations1643453variegations
varieties1259203varieties
varistor1146393varist_or
velarization2449903velarization
venation11513503v_enation
vernations13310333vernations
vexation1838783v_exation
vibration14138203vibration
violation1238443violation
visitation1348593visitation
vitiations1338743vitiations
vocation132311983v_ocation
volition1179173voli_tion

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit1486411386.75022020.9
3Display Results1381380.0632190.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911386.98325589.4
 
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