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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 “defection” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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137 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
defection15161064(None) 
defecation1679801defecation
defections161510201defections
deflection16147731deflection
dejection19178661dejection
detection121310411detection
refection141512281refection
affection1745892affection
deception1448322deception
decoction1447522decoction
deduction1377082deduction
defecations1779002defecations
defecting162510222defecting
defective1848002defective
defector14277952defect_or
deflation13310652deflation
deflections17187322deflections
dejections20168352dejections
deletion92011972dele_tion
depiction1437272depiction
desertion10410202desertion
detections131410042detections
detention10169542detention
direction1289782direction
ejection172510042_ejection
election102015352_election
erection102115512_erection
evection131910832_evection
infection14410472infection
perfection1748362perfection
refections151811642refections
reflection15168992reflection
rejection181710252rejection
resection111613272resection
selection11311272selection
abjection2045323abjection
advection1545553advection
affections1845893affections
bijection20134793bijection
bilection13156803bilection
bisection13136983bisection
bolection13117673bolection
confection17411183confection
deaeration11313013deaeration
dealation10313003dealation
deceptions1547863deceptions
decoctions1547143decoctions
dedication14311963dedication
deductions1467133deductions
defalcation1746223defalcation
defamation1646843defamation
defeating142311973defeating
defeatism1544413defeatism
defeatist1356603defeatist
defecating17237783defecating
defecator1546383defecator
defect124816173defect___
defected15289973defect_ed
defectives1945683defectives
defectors15237883defectors
defects134511523defect__s
definition1445963definition
deflations1439713deflations
deflecting1736503deflecting
deflective1956093deflective
deflector1555063deflect_or
deflexion2042823deflexion
deification17411663deification
dejecting20217793dejecting
delation92318083de_lation
delectation1448553delectation
delegation1238883delegation
deletions102610933dele_tions
demeton1037683deme_t_on
demotion1169073de_motion
denegation1249413denegation
dentation10315243dentation
dentition1049633dentition
depictions1546893depictions
depletion1256663depletion
deprecation1648963deprecation
dereliction1444573dereliction
desecration14410073desecration
desertions1139883desertions
detecting13259983detecting
detective1548103detective
detector11278323detect_or
detentions11148803detentions
detraction13138583detraction
detrition1049133detrition
deviation13312393deviation
devotion1256763de_votion
diction102313053d__iction
digestion1146573digestion
directions1379643directions
dissection13158613dissection
eduction1169053_eduction
egestion946863_egestion
ejections18249963_ejections
elections112414973_elections
electron102611413_electron
erections112515213_erections
evections142510693_evections
eviction13228683_eviction
exaction1738953_exaction
execution1846303_execution
exertion15310083_exertion
exsection1847493exsection
faction122613333__faction
fiction122010733__fiction
flection13239563_flection
infections15510233infections
inflection1547633inflection
injection1838653injection
lection92614863__lection
objection2045093objection
olfaction1464233olfaction
perfections1848143perfections
prelection141511293prelection
reaction10612603re_action
reception13410333reception
redaction1259663redaction
reduction1259903reduction
reelection12198633reelection
refecting152413353refecting
refective1749113refective
reflation12412333reflation
reflections16178553reflections
refraction15137903refraction
reinfection1645443reinfection
rejections191510103rejections
reliction11310693reliction
resections121513033resections
retention91611483retention
section92515663__section
seduction1266983seduction
selections12310873selections

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1486411376.51622811.7
3Display Results1371370.0632174.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911376.98525582.1
 
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