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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 “authorizing” 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.

24 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
authorizing247578(None) 
authorising1565011authorising
aphorizing2546472a_phorizing
authoring1348582author__ing
reauthorizing2692552reauthorizing
aphorising1645743a_phorising
arborizing2256643a_rborizing
atomizing2148513a_t_omizing
authorities1446343authorities
authorize2146903authoriz__e
authorized2345223authoriz_ed
authorizer2244543authoriz_er
authorizers2353023authorizers
authorizes2247003authoriz_es
autolyzing2343793aut_olyzing
autotomizing2453263autotomizing
cauterizing2345953caut_erizing
etherizing2346853_etherizing
euphonizing2654133euphonizing
euthanizing2445333euthanizing
factorizing2645413fact_orizing
methodizing2754963methodizing
motorizing2248793mot_orizing
theorizing2346233__theorizing

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633244.59326482.3
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691244.99935745.3
 
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