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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 “ethicize” 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.

45 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
ethicize224628(None) 
ethicized2444931ethicized
ethicizes2345861ethicizes
atticize1948442atticize
etherize2049462etherize
ethician1346602ethician
ethicist1347892ethicist
gothicize2443622gothicize
metricize2247212metricize
mythicize28134112mythicize
atticized2146143atticized
atticizes2047663atticizes
eroticize2047513eroticize
eternize17118363eternize
etherized2247083etherized
etherizer2145983etherizer
etherizes2149313etherizes
ethic101511223ethic___
ethical1238443ethic_al
ethicals1345533ethicals
ethicians1445283ethicians
ethicists1445443ethicists
ethicizing2545043ethicizing
ethics11169283ethic__s
ethionine1274863ethionine
ethnicity1744593ethnicity
euthanize2155983euthanize
exorcize2644893exorcize
feticide1447503fet_icide
gothicized2652913gothicized
gothicizes2543383gothicizes
heroicize2345363heroicize
italicize2054043italicize
laicize1838093_laicize
logicize2046043logicize
lyricize221038083lyricize
methodize2445713methodize
metricized2445423metricized
metricizes2346763metricizes
mythicized30153453mythicized
mythicizer29152973mythicizer
mythicizes29134013mythicizes
poeticize2247523poet_icize
sinicize1947333sinicize
utilize1648813ut_ilize

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162457.23620199.3
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.40524131.1
 
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