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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 “characterized” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
characterized306237(None) 
characterize2863251characterize_
characterizes2962851characterizes
charactered1952872character__ed
characteries1974962characteri_es
charactering2053713characteri_ng
characterizing3161703characterizing
bacterized2446284___bacterized
caramelized2573324c_ara_melized
cartelized2246174c_ar__telized
catheterized2752504c_atheterized
cauterized2286314c___auterized
character1645884character____
characterful2261474character_ful
characteristic2071774characteristic
characterless2061424characterless
characters1745504character___s
charactery2043424character___y
charcuterie1882884charcuteri_e_
charcuteries1993154charcuteri_es
chartered15158394char__ter__ed
mischaracterize338794mischaracterize_
parameterized27122514_parameterized
parametrized26103484_parametrized

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit95024244.53020976.6
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691244.65638378.7
 
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