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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 “specialised” 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.

32 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
specialised165453(None) 
specialise1446601specialise_
specialises1546001specialises
specialized2545841specialized
serialised1188282s_erialised
socialised1345942s_ocialised
specialism1646812specialis_m
specialisms1745972specialisms
specialist1448342specialis_t
specialists1546202specialists
specialize2347192specialize_
specializes2446442specializes
penalised12108833_pe_nalised
serialise9912143s_erialise_
serialises10811563s_erialises
serialized20810693s_erialized
socialise1148733s_ocialise_
socialises1258253s_ocialises
socialized2247363s_ocialized
specialer1344733special__er
specialest1445573speciales_t
specialising1754013specialising
specialistic1854183specialistic
specialities1656793specialities
speciality1746333speciali_ty
specialness1554053specialness
specials1238033special_s__
specialties1544663specialties
speciated14207543specia__ted
specified1746253speci_fi_ed
sterilised1145443steri_lised
unspecialized2763133unspecialized

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121633325.37622625.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691325.79530835.4
 
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