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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 “legitimising” 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.

32 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
legitimising165244(None) 
legitimizing2553361legitimizing
legitimating1653812legitimating
epitomising1653403_epitomising
legitimatizing2762383legitimatizing
legitimise1373523legitimis__e
legitimised1572743legitimis_ed
legitimises1473463legitimis_es
legitimism1573313legitimis__m
legitimisms1663133legitimis_ms
legitimist1364253legitimis__t
legitimists1463463legitimis_ts
criticising1653424_criticising
epitomizing2554494_epitomizing
itemising1245884___itemising
legalising1245744leg__alising
legitimacies1762414legitimacies
legitimation1555164legitimation
legitimations1654794legitimations
legitimatize2453084legitimatize
legitimize2253544legitim__ize
legitimized2473234legitimi_zed
legitimizer2362634legitimi_zer
legitimizers2461994legitimizers
legitimizes2363364legitimi_zes
lobotomising1761684lobotomising
logicising1443724log__icising
minimising1544934__minimising
optimising1544494__optimising
politicising1753504politicising
revitalising1654664revitalising
victimising1952484_victimising

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 Filter1786911247900.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit124790327.12617511.9
3Display Results32320.0301066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691327.59223536.7
 
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