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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 “generalisation” 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.

29 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
generalisation155372(None) 
generalisations1673621generalisations
generalization2457541generalization
generalizations2557152generalizations
centralization25108153centralization
federalization2787043federalization
mineralization2577653mineralization
centralizations26157784centralizations
demoralization26108624demoralization
derealization231011534dere_alization
energization2256494_ener_gization
externalisation2272764externalisation
federalizations28196684federalizations
generalising1454104generalis__ing
generalissimo168844generalis_simo
generalissimos177544generalissimos
generalist11169424generalis_t___
generalists12136944generalis_t__s
generalities1347014generali__ties
generation11312424gener____ation
gentrification2065634gentrification
lateralization2367464lateralization
lexicalisation23102694lexicalisation
liberalization2576074liberalization
literalization2397424literalization
mineralizations2677234mineralizations
neutralization2356704neutralization
penalization23512664pen__alization
sensualization23226514sensualization

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit65874293.15620872.6
3Display Results29290.033878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.49951069.2
 
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