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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 “catholicized” 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.

29 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
catholicized298208(None) 
catholicize2792391catholicize_
catholicizes2872351catholicizes
catholicate1873693catholicate_
catholicates1973273catholicates
catholicities2053123catholicities
catholicity2152883catholici_ty
catholicizing3062163catholicizing
catholicoses1961973catholicoses
aerobicized2552904_aerobicized
anglicized2343294_a_nglicized
anthologized26126974anthologized
atticized2146144_at__ticized
carbolized24177084carbol__ized
catabolized25113904catabol__ized
catheterized2752504catheterized
catholic15158384catholic____
catholically2256004catholically
catholicoi17122214catholic__oi
catholicon17122454catholic__on
catholicons18102324catholic_ons
catholicos17123094catholic__os
catholics16105894catholic___s
ethicized2444934_eth__icized
gallicized2383784ga__llicized
gothicized2652914goth__icized
italicized2253314_it_alicized
mythicized30153454myth__icized
mythologized3153704mythologized

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit124790296.84318236.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.29524495.0
 
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