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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 “abbreviations” 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
abbreviations20214507(None) 
abbreviation191175311abbreviation_
abbreviating2051612abbreviati_ng
abbreviators1971632abbreviat_ors
abbreviates1851743abbreviat__es
abbreviator1861763abbreviat_o_r
alleviations1554513a_lleviations
appreciations1964773appreciations
abbreviate1772014abbreviat___e
abbreviated1951574abbreviat__ed
aberrations1346704a_b_errations
abnegations1444934a_bne_gations
abreactions1544204a_bre_actions
abrogations14116474a_br_ogations
accreditations19122634accreditations
aggravations1752444aggrav_ations
aggregations1553854aggre_gations
alleviation1454674a_lleviation_
appreciation1855304appreciation_
aviations12311564a____viations
bloviations1643764__bloviations
brecciations1844294__brecciations
depreciations1846584depreciations
deviations14311174___deviations
observations1785024observ_ations
obviations1545474_ob__viations

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024264.47021258.2
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.84336896.8
 
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