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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 “volcanizing” 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
volcanizing264426(None) 
vulcanizing2653961vulcanizing
vocalizing2547412vo_calizing
vulcanising1753092vulcanising
balkanizing2754323balkanizing
botanizing2247273bo_tanizing
cocainizing2544893co_cainizing
colonizing2248813col_onizing
dollarizing2254333dollarizing
focalizing2547523fo_calizing
galvanizing2594343galvanizing
localizing2247793lo_calizing
melanizing2247853mel_anizing
organizing2146833_organizing
polarizing2248793pol_arizing
pollinizing2345073pollinizing
romanizing2248253ro_manizing
sloganizing2244423sloganizing
solarizing2048283sol_arizing
solemnizing2354063solemnizing
velarizing2346793vel_arizing
vocalising1645523vo_calising
volcanicity2152613volcanicity
volcanize2345733volcaniz__e
volcanized2544923volcaniz_ed
volcanizes2445643volcaniz_es
vulgarizing2553513vulgarizing
womanizing2546103wo_manizing

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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633284.90324807.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691285.31233639.1
 
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