Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “observation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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128 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
observation	16	6	507	(None)
observations	17	8	502	1	observations
conservation	17	4	940	2	conservation
observational	18	5	319	2	observational
reservation	14	8	914	2	reservation
aberration	12	6	721	3	ab_erration
coacervation	19	6	427	3	coacervation
conservations	18	4	909	3	conservations
denervation	15	6	794	3	denervation
enervation	13	6	947	3	_enervation
innervation	14	4	744	3	innervation
nervation	12	6	1024	3	__nervation
objurgation	21	5	240	3	objurgation
obscuration	15	4	440	3	obscuration
observatory	19	5	263	3	observatory
obstruction	15	13	554	3	obstruction
obturation	12	9	714	3	obtur_ation
operation	11	3	1400	3	o_per_ation
preservation	17	7	628	3	preservation
reservations	15	8	858	3	reservations
seriation	9	3	1806	3	__seriation
serration	9	4	1407	3	__serration
abbreviation	19	117	531	4	abbreviation
aberrations	13	4	670	4	ab_errations
abjuration	19	4	588	4	abjur_ation
abnegation	13	4	542	4	abne_gation
absorption	14	4	488	4	absor_ption
abstraction	15	4	588	4	abstraction
aeration	8	3	1993	4	__aer_ation
aestivation	14	4	792	4	aestivation
alteration	10	6	1290	4	alter_ation
altercation	13	4	701	4	altercation
alternation	11	4	762	4	alternation
assentation	11	4	619	4	assentation
assertion	9	4	672	4	asser__tion
bevatron	13	4	389	4	_b_e_vatron
botheration	16	5	465	4	bother_ation
caseation	11	9	951	4	case__ation
castration	12	4	1080	4	castr_ation
coacervations	20	5	387	4	coacervations
consecration	16	4	978	4	consecration
conservational	19	5	534	4	conservational
conservatism	19	10	495	4	conservatism
conservative	20	10	699	4	conservative
conservatize	26	12	550	4	conservatize
conservator	16	5	637	4	conservat_or
consternation	15	10	636	4	consternation
conversation	17	4	780	4	conversation
cooperation	15	4	1002	4	cooper_ation
cybernation	18	4	391	4	cybernation
deaeration	11	3	1301	4	deaer_ation
denervations	16	5	709	4	denervations
derivation	14	7	1278	4	__derivation
desecration	14	4	1007	4	desecration
desertion	10	4	1020	4	deser__tion
desperation	14	5	1011	4	desper_ation
disrelation	12	4	881	4	disrelation
dissertation	13	6	609	4	dissertation
elevation	12	3	923	4	_ele_vation
enervations	14	7	857	4	_enervations
estivation	13	4	981	4	_estivation
exsertion	16	4	685	4	exser__tion
federation	14	4	957	4	feder_ation
generation	11	3	1243	4	gener_ation
hibernation	16	4	409	4	hibernation
incurvation	16	4	698	4	incurvation
innervations	15	4	692	4	innervations
insertion	9	4	1059	4	inser__tion
iteration	9	5	1503	4	_iter_ation
laceration	12	4	957	4	lacer_ation
liberation	12	6	999	4	liber_ation
literation	10	5	1141	4	liter_ation
lustration	10	4	835	4	lustr_ation
maceration	14	4	961	4	macer_ation
miscreation	15	4	772	4	miscreation
moderation	13	4	865	4	moder_ation
nervations	13	5	948	4	__nervations
numeration	12	13	796	4	numer_ation
obfuscation	18	5	212	4	obfuscation
objection	20	4	509	4	obje__ction
objurgations	22	5	223	4	objurgations
oblation	10	3	986	4	ob___lation
obligation	13	4	678	4	ob_ligation
obliteration	14	5	389	4	obliter_ation
obscurations	16	4	402	4	obscurations
obsecrating	16	4	413	4	obsecrating
observable	17	4	334	4	observa_ble
observables	18	5	201	4	observables
observably	20	5	265	4	observa_bly
observance	17	12	404	4	observa_nce
observances	18	11	383	4	observances
observant	14	4	446	4	observa__nt
observantly	19	5	250	4	observantly
observants	15	5	337	4	observa_nts
observationally	23	7	199	4	observation~~ally~~
observatories	18	6	168	4	observatories
observing	15	4	439	4	observ__ing
obsession	11	4	415	4	obse__ssion
obstructions	16	15	552	4	obstructions
obturations	13	11	642	4	obtur_ations
obversion	14	4	473	4	obver__sion
obviation	14	4	610	4	ob__viation
operations	12	3	1295	4	o_per_ations
oration	7	16	1771	4	o___r_ation
orientation	11	4	757	4	orientation
osculation	12	4	967	4	o_sculation
ostentation	11	4	697	4	ostentation
ovation	10	15	1002	4	o____vation
overaction	15	4	799	4	o_veraction
overcaution	16	5	515	4	o_vercaution
passivation	16	10	474	4	passivation
pervasion	14	4	607	4	__pervasion
preservations	18	9	554	4	preservations
salvation	12	3	929	4	__salvation
sedation	9	3	1245	4	__se_dation
sensation	9	5	1058	4	__sensation
seriations	10	3	1668	4	__seriations
serrations	10	3	1310	4	__serrations
solvation	12	3	777	4	__solvation
starvation	13	4	549	4	_starvation
striation	9	3	1348	4	__striation
supernation	13	4	1166	4	supernation
susurration	11	4	479	4	susurration
toleration	10	4	896	4	toler_ation
ulceration	12	4	726	4	ulcer_ation
usurpation	12	4	381	4	_usurpation
veneration	13	4	1234	4	vener_ation
vernation	12	3	1108	4	__vernation

Search took 10 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	128	8.920	16683.7
3	Display Results	128	128	0.080	1600.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	128	9.423	18963.3