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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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139 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
imitation1151085(None) 
imitations1259961imitations
limitation1249151limitation
agitation10311222agitation
citation10314362_citation
imitating1238762imitating
imitative1446332imitative
imitator1047112imitat_or
imputation1447122imputation
incitation12312222incitation
initiation10412102initiation
invitation13410022invitation
irritation1048972irritation
limitations1348182limitations
mutation101412882_mutation
visitation1348592visitation
admiration1347733admiration
agitations11310063agitations
amputation1447343amputation
animation11313683animation
aviation11312743avi_ation
capitation14311363capitation
cavitation1549133cavitation
ciliation111112493cili_ation
citations11312503_citations
cogitation13410083cogitation
crimination1549413crimination
delimitation1597263delimitation
dentation10315243dentation
dictation12810563dictation
dilatation1147393dilatation
dilation92215463_dilation
diminution1344813diminution
divination14139233divination
domination13712373domination
dotation91412733_dotation
dubitation1377333dubitation
elicitation1347533elicitation
elimination1348533elimination
emanation11910783emanation
emigration13228213emigration
emulation11312393emulation
epilation11312963epilation
equitation1948343equitation
excitation19410173excitation
fetation11613143_fetation
filiation121110243fili_ation
fixation1837073_fixation
flirtation1354823flirtation
flotation1267813flotation
fumigation1645623fumigation
gemination131410663gemination
gestation10310663gestation
gustation1047963gustation
guttation1046173guttation
habitation1547913habitation
hesitation1349633hesitation
himation1339753_himation
ideation9310493i_deation
illation8311943i_llation
imagination1447193imagination
imbibition1652543imbibition
imbrication1746463imbrication
imitate9310873imitat__e
imitated1138263imitat_ed
imitates10310503imitat_es
imitators1147013imitators
immigration1644173immigration
immolation1446103immolation
impaction1545733impaction
impartation15156103impartation
impetration1545903impetration
impletion1345403impletion
implication1747773implication
importation15147123importation
imputations1546353imputations
incitations13310883incitations
indication13312033indication
infixation2047533infixation
inflation12311093inflation
initiations11410723initiations
intimation12413043intimation
invitations1449053invitations
iodation9310383i_odation
iodination1159983iodination
ionization19411273ionization
irrigation1147803irrigation
irritations1147833irritations
isolation9311643isolation
itemization2248343itemization
iteration9515033iteration
jactation1838143jactation
lactation11310813lactation
lamination12311223lamination
levitation1349443levitation
libation102411363_libation
ligation92313093_ligation
limitational1453543limitational
limitative1544693limitative
litigation1148173litigation
meditation13410743meditation
mentation11313983mentation
migration12179703migration
miscitation1547773miscitation
mitigation1348643mitigation
mutations111211453_mutations
natation81513933_natation
nictation1189273nictation
nidation9410583_nidation
nitration9313443_nitration
nomination12712103nomination
notation81414603_notation
nutation81513103_nutation
oxidation1746323oxidation
peltation11312963peltation
pixilation1945913pixilation
plication13311683plication
potation101716783_potation
privation14311173privation
quotation18146973quotation
recitation12315943recitation
restation9316913restation
rotation81615453_rotation
ruination9311273ruination
rumination12410833rumination
saltation9312003saltation
sanitation10412043sanitation
satiation9313433satiation
sibilation12128773sibilation
siltation939213siltation
simulation1269583simulation
situation949423_situation
station72717243__station
temptation1446383temptation
titivation1347033titivation
titration9310543_titration
urination9312173urination
visitations1447673visitations
vitiation1239563_vitiation

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1486411396.78321913.8
3Display Results1391390.0602316.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911397.26624592.8
 
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