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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forapologising” 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.

17 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
apologising158363(None) 
apologizing2454561apologizing
analogizing2254233analogizing
aphorising1645743ap_horising
apologise1248303apologis__e
apologised1444323apologis_ed
apologises1347303apologis_es
apologist12412403apologis__t
apologists1348883apologis_ts
colonising1347643_colonising
eulogising1243973_eulogising
geologizing23114533geologizing
neologizing22154863neologizing
polarising1347663_polarising
prologizing2445233prologizing
theologising17132513theologising
unapologizing2661293unapologizing

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 Filter1786911216330.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit121633175.84320816.9
3Display Results17170.0161062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691176.56227231.2