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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 “authorities” 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.

25 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
authorities144633(None) 
authorises1347582authori_ses
authorizes2247002authori_zes
alterities10411043alt_erities
anchorites1547753anchorit_es
apriorities1345403apriorities
arthritics1545263arth_ritics
arthritides1553673arth_ritides
arthritis1247473arth_riti_s
atrocities1248593a_trocities
austerities1145713austerities
authoresses1443793authoresses
authorise1248023authori_se_
authorised1444513authori_sed
authorising1565013authorising
authority1545693authorit__y
authorize2146903authori_ze_
authorized2345223authori_zed
authorizer2244543authori_zer
authorizers2353023authorizers
authorizing2475783authorizing
authorships19124473authorships
futurities1345423fut_urities
juniorities1853993juniorities
thorites11312393__thorit_es

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 Filter1786911216330.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121633255.26623097.8
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.73531158.0
 
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