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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 “oscillation” 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.

27 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
oscillation134550(None) 
oscillations1445121oscillations
oscillating1443982oscillating
oscillational1552232oscillational
oscillator12133712oscillat_or
osculation1249672osc_ulation
vacillation1645322vacillation
ciliation111112493__ciliation
collation11313993__collation
conciliation1648233conciliation
decollation1448193decollation
distillation1347743distillation
escalation1248873esc_alation
illation8311943___illation
instillation1245853instillation
occultation1545133occultation
oscillate1145473oscillat__e
oscillated1343853oscillat_ed
oscillates1244773oscillat_es
oscillators13113643oscillators
oscillatory16133113oscillatory
osculations1348373osc_ulations
scalation11311073_sc_alation
siltation939213_s_iltation
spallation1247023_spallation
titillation1145043titillation
vacillations1744883vacillations

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 Filter1786911216330.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit121633277.11017107.3
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.56323627.0
 
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