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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 “popularize” 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.

36 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
popularize234568(None) 
popularise1445421popularise
popularized2554741popularized
popularizer2454271popularizer
popularizes2445521popularizes
polarize19512652po__larize
popularised1653782popularised
popularises1555152popularises
popularity1754682popularity
popularizers2552792popularizers
repopularize25192912repopularize
bipolarize2353743bipolarize
copulative1747293copulative
depolarize2246483depolarize
dollarize1946193do_llarize
formularize2553203formularize
modularized2452973modularized
polarise10513903po__larise
polarized21610283po__larized
polarizer2079173po__larizer
polarizes20513023po__larizes
populace14256253popula__ce
popular11319563popular___
popularities1674683popularities
popularizing2653873popularizing
popularly1663843popular_ly
populate122812093popula__te
populating1547663populating
population14810023population
poularde11276573po_ular_de
regularize2045313regularize
repolarize2146183repolarize
repopularized27142603repopularized
repopularizes26173023repopularizes
secularize21167203secularize
solarize17511473so__larize

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603366.22022605.0
3Display Results36360.0331090.9
 (SQL Overall)178691366.68926714.2
 
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