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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 “esterification” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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59 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
esterification199533(None) 
esterifications20134811esterifications
desertification2154123des_ertification
gentrification2065633gent_rification
nitrification1877063nit_rification
petrification2048813pet_rification
scarification2056403_scarification
specification2245763_specification
sterilization2258863_sterilization
verification201810643__verification
vitrification2166463vit_rification
acetification2046724_acetification
beatification20138074beat__ification
caprification2256054_caprification
certification2048604__certification
citification1949154cit__ification
clarification2045764_clarification
decertification2364324decertification
deification17411664__de_ification
denitrification21183874denitrification
detoxification2754414detoxification
devitrification24133504devitrification
diversification24102784diversification
edification1749354___edification
electrification2263414electrification
emulsification2193444emulsification
eternization2158674e_ter_nization
exteriorization3173074exteriorization
extermination2275744exter_mination
extrication2049794ext_r__ication
gentrifications2175044gent_rifications
glorification1984894_glorification
intensification2092764intensification
justification2546094just__ification
latensification2071924latensification
lithification21105164lit_hification
mystification2346194myst__ification
nitrifications1986634nit_rifications
notification1749064not__ification
ossification17116544os__sification
petrifications2148024pet_rifications
prettification21115714prettification
purification1948174__purification
ratification17810664rat__ification
recertification2263984recertification
rectification2049514rect__ification
reification16412904__re_ification
scarifications2155764_scarifications
signification1986284_signification
specifications2345354_specifications
sterilizations2357984_sterilizations
stratification1954674_stratification
stultification1963904_stultification
typification2244864__typification
verifications21159974__verifications
versification21157494__versification
vitrifications2275964vit_rifications
westernisation17152574wester_nisation
westernization26134484wester_nization

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit65874593.58018400.6
3Display Results59590.0301966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691593.92045584.4
 
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