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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 “merchandized” 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
merchandized305231(None) 
merchandised2152141merchandised
merchandize2852681merchandize_
merchandizes2952661merchandizes
mechanized2745882me_chan_ized
merchandise1952852merchandise_
merchandiser2061922merchandiser
merchandises2072892merchandises
mechanize2547073me_chan_ize_
mechanizer2645043me_chan_izer
mechanizes2646773me_chan_izes
merchandisers2161313merchandisers
merchandizing3162283merchandizing
merchanted1844483merchan__ted
mirandized2343503mir__andized
archaized2445074_archa__ized
euthanized2365214_euthan_ized
germanized2347134ger_man_ized
gormandized2583634gor_mandized
grecianized2453054grecian_ized
mechanizers2753534me_chan_izers
melanized2158574me__lan_ized
mercantile1453514merc_antile_
mercerized2444574merc__erized
merchandising2261814merchandising
merchandizings3261174merchandizings
merchanting1944314merchanti_ng
merchantmen2051894merchan_tmen
methodized2644824me_th_odized
mirandize2144354mir__andize_
mirandizes2244124mir__andizes
unmechanized2962084unme_chan_ized

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790327.39016886.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.79622920.9
 
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