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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 “catechizes” 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.

30 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
catechizes264434(None) 
catechises1744911catechises
catechize2544471catechize_
catechized2743471catechized
catechizer2643141catechizer
catechizers2752231catechizers
catecheses1743812catecheses
catechins1646642catechi_ns
catechise1644942catechise_
catechised1843112catechised
catechisms1944272catechisms
catechists1744462catechists
caleches15269943calech__es
cartelizes2147633carte_lizes
catches144320773cat_ch__es
catchier15329863cat_chi_er
catchiest1638313cat_chi_est
catechesis1743243catechesis
catechin1546813catechi__n
catechism1844723catechi_sm
catechist1656803catechi_st
catechizing2853973catechizing
catechols1655053catech_ols
catechumen1951973catechumen
catechumens2051343catechumens
catechus1544823catech__us
categorizes2354193categorizes
cauterizes2198003caute_rizes
laterizes18513033late_rizes
techies12513603__techi_es

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.48621677.9
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.90525878.5
 
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