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

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88 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
externalize275638(None) 
eternalize19118501e_ternalize
externalise1856081externalise
externalized2955191externalized
externalizes2855811externalizes
eternalized21117332e_ternalized
eternalizes20118172e_ternalizes
externalised2054122externalised
externalises1955462externalises
externalism2055932externalism
externality2155042externality
internalize20149592internalize
eternize17118363e_tern__ize
etherealize2354043etherealize
exteriorize2753853exteriorize
external1577223external___
externalisms2154953externalisms
externalities2055183externalities
externalizing3054613externalizing
externally2045543external_ly
externals1666623external__s
internalise111510553internalise
internalized22147453internalized
internalizes21138693internalizes
lateralize1949053later_alize
literalize1948743liter_alize
materialize2247883materialize
vernalize2159843__vernalize
alternative1454684alternative
centralize2149964cent_r_alize
dematerialize25154914dematerialize
editorialize2253904editorialize
emotionalize2354784emotionalize
eternal72910894e_ternal___
eternalizing2256244e_ternalizing
eternally1247494e_ternal_ly
eternals8238954e_ternal__s
eternise8119664e_tern__ise
eternized19116604e_tern__ized
eternizes18118014e_tern__izes
etherealized2553354etherealized
etherealizes2453754etherealizes
euthanatize2352174euthanatize
expertize2746584exper__tize
extemporize31153624extemporize
extensile1645034exte_n_sile
extensive1945724exte_n_sive
exteriorise1854634exteriorise
exteriorized2953194exteriorized
exteriorizes2853614exteriorizes
extermine1848284exter__mine
externalising2153394externalising
externe1438574extern____e
externship2253634externshi_p
externships2353614externships
extradite1746434ext_r_adite
extrality1967204ext_r_ality
federalize2345824feder_alize
generalize20198454gener_alize
internalised13127044internalised
internalises12149114internalises
internality1448684internality
journalize26113944_journalize
lateralized2147404later_alized
lateralizes2048434later_alizes
liberalize2146954liber_alize
literalized2147074liter_alized
literalizes2048114liter_alizes
materialise1347834materialise
materialized2446554materialized
materializer2355364materializer
materializes2347224materializes
mineralize2147774miner_alize
nationalize20169024nationalize
naturalize1956894natur_alize
neutralize19117924neut_r_alize
paternalism1556774paternalism
paternalist1358594paternalist
penalize19912754__pe_nalize
rationalize20199754rationalize
rematerialize24144884rematerialize
serialize18812634__serialize
sterilize1848304_ster_ilize
thermalize2445774_thermalize
verbalize2348834__verbalize
vernalized2348424__vernalized
vernalizes2249324__vernalizes
westernize2244144western__ize

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819888.98616561.2
3Display Results88880.0461913.0
 (SQL Overall)178691889.43818933.1
 
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