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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 “publicize” 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.

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
publicize244424(None) 
publicise1544221publicise
publicized2643551publicized
publicizes2544071publicizes
publicised1743142publicised
publicises1644242publicises
publicist1545032publicist
publicity1845032publicity
pulicide1347042pu_licide
anglicize2144243anglicize
culicine1248343cu_licine
gallicize2164993gallicize
italicize2054043italicize
poeticize2247523poeticize
pollinize2046893pollinize
public12238143public___
publican1444543public_an
publicans1544113publicans
publicists1643343publicists
publicities1745483publicities
publicizing2763483publicizing
publicly1743313public_ly
publics13207143public__s
pulicene1245723pu_licene
pulicides1446283pu_licides
pumicite1446813pu_micite
subsidize2145183subsidize
subtilize2087133subtilize
unpublicized2861493unpublicized

Search took 10 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 Limit148641298.92316658.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691299.37519060.4
 
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