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

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

23 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
reaffirmation215206(None) 
reaffirmations2251971reaffirmations
affirmation1953682__affirmation
affirmations2053233__affirmations
reanimation1359633rea_ni_mation
reconfirmation2153223reconfirmation
reformation1648413re__formation
affiliation1744854__affiliation
affirmative2253094__affirmative
affixation2344394__affi_xation
confirmation1946184_confirmation
deformation1747664de__formation
malformation1953324_malformation
preformation1946474pre__formation
reactivation17176954reacti_vation
reaffirming2051924reaffirm__ing
reafforestation21101474reafforestation
realization20417224rea_li_zation
reanimations1468784rea_ni_mations
reconfirmations2283084reconfirmations
reformations1747604re__formations
reification16412904re_ifi_cation
respiration13511194re_spir_ation

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit95024235.64316839.3
3Display Results23230.0131769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691236.02929638.6
 
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