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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 “criticized” 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.

27 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
criticized245498(None) 
cliticized2454641cliticized
criticised1564191criticised
criticize2256001criticize_
criticizer2373961criticizer
criticizes2365931criticizes
cliticize2255592cliticize_
cliticizes2375492cliticizes
criticise1356452criticise_
criticises1446432criticises
criticizers2472332criticizers
eroticized2245622eroticized
arabicized2453963arabicized
atticized2146143_atticized
citified1438253c_itifi_ed
civilized24105493c_ivilized
criticism1556843critici_sm
criticisms1656183criticisms
criticizing2554533criticizing
critiqued2141953criti_qued
cutinized2146913c_utinized
eroticize2047513eroticize_
eroticizes2146943eroticizes
poeticized2445783poeticized
politicized2555073politicized
scrutinized2373013scrutinized
sinicized2145603_sinicized

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603278.23317078.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.65520646.0
 
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