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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 “celebration” 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.

38 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
celebration154646(None) 
celebrations1645741celebrations
cerebration1547921cerebration
calibration1545992calibration
celebrating1646112celebrating
celebrator1444982celebrat_or
cerebrations1646962cerebrations
acceleration1654813accele_ration
calibrations1645153calibrations
celebrate1348093celebrat__e
celebrated1556233celebrat_ed
celebrates1447683celebrat_es
celebrators1544413celebrators
celebratory1853313celebratory
celebrities15134453celebrities
cementation1559703cementation
cerebrating1646663cerebrating
coloration12913183col_oration
concelebration20133563concelebration
deaeration11313013deae_ration
deceleration1547173decele_ration
decerebration1884193decerebration
delectation1448553delectation
delegation1238883dele_gation
deliberation1546363deliberation
desecration14410073desecration
elaboration1345743_elaboration
elevation1239233_ele_vation
execration1949833_execration
federation1449573fede_ration
generation11312433gene_ration
libration111510163__libration
melioration1368183melioration
noncelebration18113313noncelebration
penetration1349893penetration
relegation11610023rele_gation
toleration1048963tole_ration
veneration13412343vene_ration

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633384.70325862.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691385.10934975.7
 
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