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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forillegalize” 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.

18 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
illegalize2013331(None) 
illegalized22112811illegalized
illegalizes21133241illegalizes
illegality1473222illegality
legalize1839102__legalize
allegorize2083483allegorize
idealize1847873i_de_alize
illegal854763illegal___
illegalities1353883illegalities
illegalizing2353033illegalizing
illegally1343733illegal_ly
illegals954323illegal__s
legalise949493__legalise
legalized2047523__legalized
legalizer1946323__legalizer
legalizes1938673__legalizes
liberalize2146953liberalize
literalize1948743literalize

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 Filter1786911406030.953187503.7
2DLD Change Limit140603188.20317140.4
3Display Results18180.0131384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691189.16919488.6