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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 “bowdlerizing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
bowdlerizing289233(None) 
bowdlerising19101911bowdlerising
bowdlerize2552453bowdleriz__e
bowdlerized2751983bowdleriz_ed
bowdlerizer2651843bowdleriz_er
bowdlerizers2751603bowdlerizers
bowdlerizes2652353bowdleriz_es
bacterizing2546104b_acterizing
bipolarizing2653234bipolarizing
bolshevizing3061224bolshevizing
bordering1338834bord_er__ing
bouldering1464764boulder__ing
bowdlerise1652604bowdler__ise
bowdlerised1851634bowdleri_sed
bowdlerises1752254bowdleri_ses
bowdlerization2962474bowdlerization
bowdlerizations3062414bowdlerizations
bowering142911714bow__er__ing
burglarizing2562414burglarizing
coderiving1744994co_d_eriving
colorizing2249634co__lorizing
dollarizing2254334do_llarizing
genderizing2344844gend_erizing
maderizing2346464_mad_erizing
modernizing2444104mo_d_ernizing
odorizing2046114_o_d_orizing
polarizing2248794po__larizing
polemizing2446914po__lemizing
polymerizing29113844polymerizing
popularizing2653874popularizing
powdering16246504powd_er__ing
soberizing2246754so__berizing
solarizing2048284so__larizing
solecizing2246474so__lecizing
tenderizing2245454tend_erizing
vowelizing2643694vow__elizing

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790367.62616363.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.03222247.4
 
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