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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 “legalization” 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.

43 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
legalization2241161(None) 
legalizations23410671legalizations
illegalization2454312illegalization
localization23410432localization
penalization23512662penalization
realization20417222re_alization
canalization23411163canalization
cephalization2988183cephalization
derealization231011533derealization
desalination13411133desalination
equalization3049813equalization
feudalization2657063feudalization
finalization2459923finalization
focalization2649663focalization
globalization25116013globalization
idealization22410273idealization
illegalizations2564133illegalizations
labialization2458343labialization
lateralization2367463lateralization
legitimation1555163legitimation
lexicalization32106143lexicalization
liberalization2576073liberalization
literalization2397423literalization
localizations2449793localizations
melanization2349883melanization
metallization24176863metallization
moralization23411613moralization
nasalization2149383nasalization
nebulization2347193nebulization
organization2257223organization
penalizations24511633penalizations
pluralization2457083pluralization
realizations21415533re_alizations
retaliation11612323retali_ation
revalidation1657943revalidation
serialization22911723serialization
signalization2357393signalization
tetanization21410303tetanization
velarization2449903velarization
verbalization2769673verbalization
vernalization25410033vernalization
vitalization24410973vitalization
vocalization2649993vocalization

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024433.70325661.4
3Display Results43430.0301433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691434.09343657.7
 
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