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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 “affliction” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
affliction184354(None) 
afflictions1943401afflictions
affection1745892aff_ection
affiliation1744852affiliation
afflicting1943482afflicting
afflictive21102802afflictive
infliction1545942infliction
abolition1147053aboli_tion
addiction13146013a_ddiction
affections1845893aff_ections
affiliations1844183affiliations
affixation2344393affixation
afflict1547043afflict___
afflicted1843433afflict_ed
afflicter1742823afflict_er
afflicters1852243afflicters
afflicts1644003afflict__s
application1747473application
confliction1845233confliction
deflection16147733deflection
fiction122010733__f_iction
filiation121110243_filiation
flection13239563__flection
foliation121110793_foliation
friction1347913__friction
inflection1547633inflection
inflictions1645443inflictions
reflection15168993reflection
reliction11310693_reliction

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603295.19027091.1
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691295.60931857.9
 
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