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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 “vacation” 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.

33 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
vacation13191189(None) 
vacations141910551vacations
vocation132311981vocation
action84719682_ac_tion
alation72920552_alation
aviation11312742aviation
avocation14168992avocation
cation83925502__cation
evacuation1547162evacuation
evocation142010292evocation
faction122613332fac_tion
halation11313852halation
jactation1838142jactation
lactation11310812lactation
lavation1139972lavation
laxation1538422laxation
location102113912location
natation81513932natation
paction112713962pac_tion
placation1339772placation
sacaton938992sacat_on
taction93213022tac_tion
taxation1537992taxation
vacating14310362vacating
vacationed1643422vacationed
vacationer1543302vacationer
vallation1239752vallation
valuation1249972valuation
variation12312392variation
venation11513502venation
vexation1838782vexation
vocations141911422vocations
zacaton1845632zacat_on

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059333.25037248.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.68948438.9
 
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