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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 “externalize” 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.

28 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
externalize275638(None) 
eternalize19118501e_ternalize
externalise1856081externalise
externalized2955191externalized
externalizes2855811externalizes
eternalized21117332e_ternalized
eternalizes20118172e_ternalizes
externalised2054122externalised
externalises1955462externalises
externalism2055932externalism
externality2155042externality
internalize20149592internalize
eternize17118363e_tern__ize
etherealize2354043etherealize
exteriorize2753853exteriorize
external1577223external___
externalisms2154953externalisms
externalities2055183externalities
externalizing3054613externalizing
externally2045543external_ly
externals1666623external__s
internalise111510553internalise
internalized22147453internalized
internalizes21138693internalizes
lateralize1949053later_alize
literalize1948743liter_alize
materialize2247883materialize
vernalize2159843__vernalize

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit121633284.43627419.5
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691284.85936775.3
 
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