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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 “novations” 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.

31 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
novations1213900(None) 
notations91512971notations
novation111710011novation_
ovations11149261_ovations
conations111318902conations
donations101112352donations
dotations101411632dotations
innovations1445262innovations
iodations1039112iodations
lavations1238972lavations
lobations11219612lobations
locations112512742locations
natations91412492natations
nations74720562n__ations
negations102811962negations
nervations1359482nervations
nidations1039212nidations
nonactions1248372nonactions
notation81414602notation_
notions74014482no__tions
nutations91411762nutations
orations81515802_orations
ovation101510022_ovation_
potations111615072potations
renovations1448422renovations
rogations101510822rogations
rotations91613842rotations
solations9814622solations
solvations1336832solvations
vocations141911422vocations
zonations18139312zonations

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 Filter1786911214360.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit121436313.06039685.0
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691313.50051054.6
 
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