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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 “decentralized” 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.

34 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
decentralized2614459(None) 
decentralize2455401decentralize_
decentralizes2575141decentralizes
centralized2348152__centralized
centralised1446603__centralised
centralize2149963__centralize_
centralizer2246833__centralizer
centralizes2249423__centralizes
decentralizing2763363decentralizing
demineralized2694073demineralized
overcentralized30133773overcentralized
centralise1269604__centralise_
centralises1349294__centralises
centralizers2354334__centralizers
decentred13236234decentr____ed
decimalized2646104dec__imalized
decontrolled1661554decontrol_led
demineralize2484864demineralize_
demineralizer2593584demineralizer
demineralizes25104444demineralizes
demoralized2457854d__emoralized
denaturalized2453784denaturalized
desacralized2553924de_sacralized
desexualized3053854dese_xualized
devitalized25106974de_vit_alized
essentialized2363264essentialized
federalized2545144fede__ralized
generalized22147444__generalized
neutralized21117034__neutralized
orientalized2264994orient_alized
overcentralize28114244overcentralize_
overcentralizes29123884overcentralizes
recanalized2346674recan__alized
technicalized30112374technicalized

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 Filter178691950240.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit95024344.64020479.3
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691344.99935745.3
 
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