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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 “demilitarized” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

26 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
demilitarized269317(None) 
demilitarize2484101demilitarize_
demilitarizes2583951demilitarizes
remilitarized2583101remilitarized
militarized2354512__militarized
remilitarize2384042remilitarize_
remilitarizes2474002remilitarizes
demilitarizing2762713demilitarizing
familiarized2752523famili_arized
militarised1454403__militarised
militarize2155783__militarize_
militarizes2245933__militarizes
debilitated1543814debilita__ted
definitized2553814definit__ized
demineralized2694074demineralized
depolarized2455634depol__arized
depoliticized28152474depoliticized
devitalized25106974de__vitalized
digitalized2345314d__igitalized
familiarised1862414famili_arised
familiarize2553144famili_arize_
familiarizes2652984famili_arizes
militaries1249444__militari_es
militarise1286864__militarise_
militarises1366504__militarises
remilitarizing2662734remilitarizing

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024265.08018705.5
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691265.44032847.6
 
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