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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 “ascriptions” 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.

27 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
ascriptions154498(None) 
ascription1444991ascription_
descriptions1755402descriptions
inscriptions1654502inscriptions
abruptions1443843a_bruptions
absorptions1544593absor_ptions
accretions1444923accr_etions
adsorptions1444163adsor_ptions
ascriptive1753833ascripti_ve
aspirations1348993aspirations
assumptions1562733assumptions
attritions1066793attri_tions
conscriptions1955003conscriptions
decryptions1943613decryptions
description1645373description_
encryptions1852963encryptions
fasciations1646263fasc_iations
inscription1544953inscription_
prescriptions19135333prescriptions
proscriptions19114163proscriptions
scripting1437473_scripti_ng
seriations10316683_seriations
sorptions1137123_sor_ptions
striations10312793_striations
strictions1249143_strictions
subscriptions1952823subscriptions
transcriptions1863633transcriptions

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 Filter1786911216330.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121633274.61026384.6
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.02935532.1
 
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