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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 “action” 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.

57 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
action8471968(None) 
actin74922551acti_n
actinon9459461actinon
actions94218511actions
auction93412931auction
cation83925501cation
faction122613331faction
paction112713961paction
taction93213021taction
acetin8314692aceti_n
acting95920982acting
actinons10389452actinons
actins86321102actins
actioner1048662actioner
active11313742active
actor71116082act_or
alation72920552alation
amnion84812052amnion
amotion9710472amotion
anion55028812a_nion
antlion7310292antlion
auctions104012142auctions
avion84218342a_vion
axion1211316912a_xion
bastion9312472bastion
camion103917192camion
caption113513692caption
cations94524142cations
caution93013522caution
cion613330922_c_ion
coaction12310772coaction
diction102313052diction
exaction1738952exaction
factions133013062factions
fiction122010732fiction
fraction1359482fraction
inaction1039622inaction
kation104315682kation
lection92614862lection
lotion65716522lotion
motion85217552motion
nation64322802nation
notion64516582notion
option83612712option
pactions122613502pactions
potion84519572potion
ration64226012ration
reaction10612602reaction
ruction93611612ruction
sanction1049532sanction
scion72214992sc_ion
section92515662section
suction93713042suction
tactions102912422tactions
traction10412682traction
unction9310662unction
vacation131911892vacation

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551572.95327955.0
3Display Results57570.0461239.1
 (SQL Overall)178691573.35953197.7
 
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