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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 “venation” 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.

36 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
venation1151350(None) 
enation73419231_enation
venations12311721venations
vernation12311081vernation
vexation1838781vexation
adnation9310782adnation
aeration8319932aeration
agnation9311722agnation
conation101420882conation
crenation11412922crenation
delation92318082delation
dentation10315242dentation
donation91513782donation
elation73620452_elation
enations83316902_enations
fetation11613142fetation
gelation93014432gelation
legation92412932legation
lenition8310082lenition
lunation8311922lunation
mentation11313982mentation
mention9314372men_tion
nation64322802__nation
negation92913022negation
relation82619772relation
sedation9312452sedation
sensation9510582sensation
vacation131911892vacation
venatic12311522venati_c
vendition1345692vendition
veneration13412342veneration
venetian1146072venetian
vernations13310332vernations
vexations1937752vexations
vocation132311982vocation
zonation171410722zonation

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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059363.60633571.5
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691363.74947663.6
 
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