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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 “selection” 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.

31 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
selection1131127(None) 
election102015351_election
selections12310871selections
bilection13156802bilection
bolection13117672bolection
defection151610642defection
deflection16147732deflection
dejection19178662dejection
deletion92011972dele_tion
detection121310412detection
ejection172510042_ejection
elections112414972_elections
electron102611412_electron
erection102115512_erection
evection131910832_evection
flection13239562_flection
lection92614862__lection
prelection141511292prelection
reelection12198632reelection
refection141512282refection
reflection15168992reflection
rejection181710252rejection
reliction11310692reliction
resection111613272resection
section92515662s__ection
seduction1266982seduction
selecting12310532selecting
selective1449522selective
selectman1343552selectman
selectmen1344612selectmen
selector1048622select_or

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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436313.82631739.7
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.23542193.9
 
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