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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 “capitalizes” 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.

36 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
capitalizes246691(None) 
capitalises1586271capitalises
capitalize2347461capitalize_
capitalized2556471capitalized
capitalise1466712capitalise_
capitalised1684852capitalised
capitalisms1765502capitalisms
capitalists1555532capitalists
recapitalizes26114802recapitalizes
animalizes2148203_animalizes
apetalies1148003_apetali_es
canalizes201113783ca__nalizes
cannibalizes25143113cannibalizes
capitalism1656303capitali_sm
capitalist1457883capitali_st
capitalizing2656153capitalizing
capitals12209453capital___s
capitations1549853capitations
capitulates1554423capitulates
capsulizes2383293cap_sulizes
cartelizes2147633ca_rtelizes
catalyzes2346053ca__talyzes
crystalizes25145783crystalizes
devitalizes24107103devitalizes
digitalizes2245673digitalizes
hospitalizes2653713hospitalizes
labializes2145793labi_alizes
palatalizes2244853palatalizes
racializes2148463raci_alizes
radicalizes2345693radicalizes
recapitalize25125233recapitalize_
recapitalized27124593recapitalized
revitalizes23117693revitalizes
tantalizes19109943ta_ntalizes
uncapitalized2762873uncapitalized
vitalizes2139923__vitalizes

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 Filter1786911216330.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121633364.97024473.4
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691365.37333257.2
 
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