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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 “externalise” 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.

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
externalise185608(None) 
externalised2054121externalised
externalises1955461externalises
externalism2055931externalism
externalize2756381externalize
eternalize19118502e_ternalize
externalisms2154952externalisms
externality2155042externality
externalized2955192externalized
externalizes2855812externalizes
externals1666622external_s_
internalise111510552internalise
eternalized21117333e_ternalized
eternalizes20118173e_ternalizes
eternals8238953e_ternal_s_
eternise8119663e_tern__ise
exteriorise1854633exteriorise
external1577223external___
externalising2153393externalising
externalities2055183externalities
externally2045543external_ly
internalised13127043internalised
internalises12149113internalises
internalize20149593internalize
materialise1347833materialise
paternalism1556773paternalism
paternalist1358593paternalist

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 Filter1786911216330.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121633275.14023664.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.57932029.2
 
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