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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

50 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
oration7161771(None) 
orations81515801orations
ovation101510021ovation
ration64226011_ration
adoration10311312adoration
aeration8319932aeration
alation72920552alation
cation83925502_cation
conation101420882conation
craton84517192crat_on
creation102816512creation
donation91513782donation
dotation91412732dotation
duration9312692duration
elation73620452elation
enation73419232enation
erasion7311962erasion
formation1439422formation
fraction1359482fraction
gratin74520582grati_n
gyration1237762gyration
iodation9310382iodation
kation104315682_kation
lobation102110552lobation
location102113912location
nation64322802_nation
notation81414602notation
novation111710012novation
oblation1039862oblation
operation11314002operation
option83612712o_ption
orating83520322orating
orator6314532orat_or
ovations11149262ovations
portion9615492por_tion
potation101716782potation
proration11415982proration
ratio55227582_ratio_
rations74123432_rations
ratios64922672_ratios
ratoon64417372_ratoon
ratton64116122_ratton
rogation91612052rogation
rotation81615452rotation
solation8916152solation
sorption1037512sorption
station72717242station
traction10412682traction
vocation132311982vocation
zonation171410722zonation

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 Filter1786911076710.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit107671503.48630886.7
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691503.99944683.9
 
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