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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 “abbreviation” 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.

26 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
abbreviation19117526(None) 
abbreviations202145021abbreviations
abbreviating2051562abbreviating
abbreviator1861702abbreviat_or
abbreviate1771963abbreviat__e
abbreviated1951523abbreviat_ed
abbreviates1851683abbreviat_es
abbreviators1971573abbreviators
alleviation1454653a_lleviation
appreciation1855283appreciation
aberration1267204a_b_erration
abnegation1345414a_bne_gation
abreaction1444654a_bre_action
abrogation13107334a_br_ogation
accreditation18112874accreditation
aggravation1652664aggrav_ation
aggregation1454254aggre_gation
alleviations1554494a_lleviations
appreciations1964754appreciations
aviation11312744a____viation
bloviation1544004__bloviation
brecciation1744774__brecciation
depreciation1747074depreciation
deviation13312394___deviation
observation1665054observ_ation
obviation1446094_ob__viation

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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790267.56316500.1
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.71623158.5
 
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