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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 “specialisation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 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
specialisation1818275(None) 
specialisations19132421specialisations
specialization27106281specialization
specializations28115632specializations
serialization22911723s_erialization
socialization2449103s_ocialization
specialistic1854183specialis_ti_c
specification2245763speci_fication
decimalization2857884_decimalization
lexicalisation23102694_lexicalisation
penalization23512664_pe_nalization
serializations23710934s_erializations
socializations2548484s_ocializations
specialising1754014specialis__ing
specialist1448344specialis_t___
specialists1546204specialis_t__s
specialities1656794speciali__ties
speciation1449394spec___i_ation
specifications2345354speci_fications
speculation1547544spec_ul__ation
sterilization2258864steri_lization

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874213.84617127.9
3Display Results21210.0131615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691214.17242831.0
 
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