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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 “educational” 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.

26 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
educational144487(None) 
coeducational1853292coeducational
education12310202education__
educationally1963312educationally
educations1339232education_s
equational1945602equ_ational
reductional1454592reduc_tional
avocational1645183avocational
dictional1268613_dic_tional
educating1337933educati_n_g
educationalist1763283educationalist
educationese1551963educationese
educationist1555263educationist
eduction1169053educ_tion__
eductions1268773educ_tion_s
ideational1146503id_eational
indicational1545753indicational
locational1246593_locational
mediational1445643med_iational
mutational1246513_mutational
noneducational1762523noneducational
nutational1047043_nutational
redactional1454353redac_tional
reputational1474583reputational
suctional1147683_suc_tional
vocational1546953_vocational

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 Filter1786911216330.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121633264.62626293.3
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.01235652.6
 
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