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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 “elation” 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.

65 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
elation7362045(None) 
alation72920551alation
delation92318081delation
elations83719121elations
elution72913821elution
enation73419231enation
gelation93014431gelation
relation82619771relation
ablation10312432ablation
aeration8319932aeration
alations82518892alations
cation83925502_cation
chelation1439972chelation
clarion9311662clarion
dealation10313002dealation
deflation13310652deflation
delations102616592delations
deletion92011972deletion
dilation92215462dilation
edition8310852edition
elain55324702ela_i_n
elastin72611842elasti_n
elating83423082elating
elative10312452elative
election102015352election
elevation1239232elevation
elision72311102elision
elusion72310952elusion
elutions82513052elutions
elytron1045462elytron
emotion9711302emotion
emulation11312392emulation
enations83316902enations
epilation11312962epilation
equation17310482equation
erasion7311962erasion
evasion1036752evasion
exaction1738952exaction
fellation1238842fellation
fetation11613142fetation
flatiron1144622flatiron
gelatin83514732gelati_n
gelations102513092gelations
halation11313852halation
illation8311942illation
kation104315682_kation
latino64120472_latino
lection92614862lection
legation92412932legation
lotion65716522_lotion
nation64322802_nation
negation92913022negation
oblation1039862oblation
oration71617712oration
ovation101510022ovation
peltation11312962peltation
platoon938952platoon
ration64226012_ration
reflation12412332reflation
relations92418332relations
sedation9312452sedation
solation8916152solation
station72717242station
venation11513502venation
vexation1838782vexation

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671653.09334811.2
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691653.48251318.5
 
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