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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 “confiscation” 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.

29 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
confiscation194553(None) 
confiscations2044951confiscations
confirmation1946182confirmation
confiscating2053612confiscating
confiscator18113742confiscat_or
codification20108073codification
conciliation1648233conciliation
confection17411183conf_ec_tion
configuration1954133configuration
confirmations2055673confirmations
confiscate1744403confiscat__e
confiscated1953373confiscat_ed
confiscates1854043confiscat_es
confiscators19113683confiscators
confiscatory22143023confiscatory
conflation15412083conf__lation
confliction1845233conflic_tion
conformation1947323conformation
confutation1668723conf_utation
consignation15136313consignation
contestation1448663contestation
continuation1448193continuation
conviction1748183convi_c_tion
convocation1847883con_vocation
cornification2046693cornification
coruscation1545693co_ruscation
nonfiction1546303nonfi_c_tion
obfuscation1852123_obfuscation
sonication12411183son_i_cation

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024294.25022358.6
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.38940713.4
 
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