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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 “colonializing” 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.

28 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
colonializing255360(None) 
colonialize2254623colonializ__e
colonialized2453633colonializ_ed
colonializes2354393colonializ_es
colonizing2248813colon___izing
canalizing22410424c__an_alizing
cannibalizing27143384c_annibalizing
colonialism1565434colonial__ism
colonialisms1674754coloniali_sms
colonialist1376724colonial__ist
colonialistic1773184colonialistic
colonialists1484994coloniali_sts
colonising1347644colon___ising
colorizing2249634colo___rizing
communalizing2952864communalizing
criminalizing2753634criminalizing
delocalizing2555614delo_calizing
dolomitizing25103094dolomi_tizing
globalizing2444204_glo_balizing
journalizing2953484journ_alizing
labializing2345944__labializing
localizing2247794__lo_calizing
memorializing2764814memorializing
politicalizing2862574politicalizing
resocializing2564594resocializing
socializing2347344__socializing
solubilizing2453294solubi_lizing
volatilizing2553684volati_lizing

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 Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024285.62616890.2
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.76231012.0
 
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