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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 “signalised” 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.

28 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
signalised124424(None) 
signalise1046391signalise_
signalises1145911signalises
signalized2145731signalized
finalised13338012fi_nalised
signaled1035392signal__ed
signalize1946912signalize_
signalizes2046462signalizes
signalled1143842signal_led
canalised12810913_canalised
finalise113112573fi_nalise_
finalises122911523fi_nalises
finalized22279243fi_nalized
idealised1145673_idealised
legalised1145843leg_alised
penalised12108833_penalised
scandalised1553523scandalised
serialised1188283serialised
signaler945453signal__er
signaling1136563signali_ng
signalising1344163signalising
signaller1043693signal_ler
signalmen1252443signal_men
signals8359163signal_s__
signified1446043signifi_ed
socialised1345943socialised
visualised1444073visualised
vitalised1347203vi_talised

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603286.31022282.6
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.73226543.5
 
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