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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 “signalize” 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.

48 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
signalize194691(None) 
signalise1046391signalise
signalized2145731signalized
signalizes2046461signalizes
finalize202711022fi_nalize
signaling1136562signaling
signalised1244242signalised
signalises1145912signalises
banalize191010933_banalize
canalize19914493_canalize
diagonalize22153793diagonalize
digitalize2145863digitalize
finalise113112573fi_nalise
finalized22279243fi_nalized
finalizer21307923fi_nalizer
finalizes212810743fi_nalizes
idealize1847873_idealize
legalize1839103leg_alize
penalize19912753_penalize
ritualize1847793ritualize
sacralize2048973sacralize
scandalize2244613scandalize
serialize18812633serialize
sexualize2546903sexualize
sighlike1635533sig_hlike
sightline1345683sightline
signage937773signa__ge
signal73711483signal___
signaled1035393signal_ed
signaler945453signal_er
signalers1044583signalers
signalizing2245973signalizing
signalled1143843signalled
signaller1043693signaller
signalling1243803signalling
signally1246533signal_ly
signalman1272093signalman
signalmen1252443signalmen
signals8359163signal__s
signature1053763signature
signorine1045173signorine
silkaline1344243silkaline
sinicize1947333si_nicize
socialize2048823socialize
stigmatize2254033stigmatize
vernalize2159843vernalize
visualize2175583visualize
vitalize20310503vi_talize

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641486.86021667.8
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691487.32624391.3
 
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