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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 “fertilize” 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.

41 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
fertilize214754(None) 
fertilized2346541fertilized
fertilizer2245331fertilizer
fertilizes2247351fertilizes
fertile10311732fertil__e
fertility1547202fertility
fertilizers2343442fertilizers
reutilize1847652reutilize
bestialize2146673bestialize
cartelize2048103cartelize
eroticize2047513_eroticize
feltlike1534983felt_like
feminize22199373fe_minize
ferlie92814053fer__li_e
fernlike1535243fer_nlike
fertilely1544273fertilely
fertilities1448823fertilities
fertilizable2661603fertilizable
fertilizing2446453fertilizing
feticide1447503fe_ticide
fetishize2442393fe_tishize
feudalize2254873feudalize
formalize232710033formalize
formulize23265623formulize
fortalice1445773fortalice
fossilize2143853fossilize
heroicize2345363heroicize
keratinize23104763keratinize
metalize19414783me_talize
metricize2247213metricize
overutilize2354533overutilize
reutilized2047023reutilized
reutilizes1947123reutilizes
serialize18812633serialize
sterilize1848303ster_ilize
subtilize2087133subtilize
unfertilized2553173unfertilized
utilize1648813__utilize
verbalize2348833verbalize
vernalize2159843vernalize
virilize2047743vir_ilize

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641417.84318952.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691418.29521542.0
 
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