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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 “caution” 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.

33 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
caution9301352(None) 
caption113513691caption
cation83925501ca_tion
cautions103313181cautions
action84719682_action
auction93412932_auction
bastion9312472bastion
calutron1045552calutron
camion103917192ca_mion
campion133011412campion
canton85722992cant_on
captions123813222captions
carrion9312672carrion
carton84522662cart_on
cartoon94114462cartoon
cations94524142ca_tions
caudation1269992caudation
causation1199522causation
cautioned1245362cautioned
cautioner1145392cautioner
cautious103110232cautious
coaction12310772coaction
coition9314312coition
cutin75022782c_uti_n
elution72913822elution
faction122613332faction
incaution1146582incaution
kation104315682ka_tion
nation64322802na_tion
paction112713962paction
ration64226012ra_tion
recaution1148092recaution
taction93213022taction

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671333.39031761.4
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.78247247.8
 
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