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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 “authorise” 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.

46 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
authorise124802(None) 
authorised1444511authorised
authorises1347581authorises
authorize2146901authorize
aphorise1339982a_phorise
authoress1245172authoress
authorial1247082authorial
authoring1348582authoring
authority1545692authority
authorized2345222authorized
authorizer2244542authorizer
authorizes2247002authorizes
authors10311852author_s_
actorish1349443act_orish
ahorse9311513a__hor_se
althorns1146733althorns_
anchorite1448833anchorite
antrorse846933antror_se
aphorised1546363a_phorised
aphorises14310003a_phorises
aphorism1548643a_phorism
aphorist13412513a_phorist
aphorize2249043a_phorize
atomise93013823a_t_omise
auteurism1144613auteurism
auteurist946783auteurist
author939763author___
authored1238263author_ed
authoresses1443793authoresses
authorising1565013authorising
authorities1446333authorities
authorizers2353023authorizers
autocrine1146613autocrine
autolyse1175413aut_olyse
carthorse1446293carthor_se
earthrise1246483earth_rise
futhorcs1643543futhorcs_
futhorks1844603futhorks_
methodise1545513methodise
motorise10311523mot_orise
nuthouse1145833nutho_use
outhouse11310883outho_use
reauthorize2352673reauthorize
theorise1137873__theorise
thorite10313443__thorite
unhorse1038583_unhor_se

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641466.50322857.3
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691466.93625762.8
 
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