Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “optimize” 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.

47 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
optimize214550(None) 
optimise1255581optimise
optimized2344961optimized
optimizer2244121optimizer
optimizes2245421optimizes
optime1079352optim__e
optimised1444312optimised
optimises1346082optimises
optimism1445212optimism
optimist1256872optimist
optimizers2343022optimizers
activize2246613activize
antimine10714753antimine
atomize183111823_atomize
atticize1948443atticize
cutinize1948533cutinize
epitomize2245303epitomize
itemize18106153_itemize
latinize17610563latinize
maximize2844573maximize
minimize2146063minimize
opsonize19114993opsonize
optative1347653optative
optician1247243optician
opticist1248923opticist
optima10106533optim__a
optimal1145783optim_al
optimes1148473optim_es
optimisms1555223optimisms
optimists1345293optimists
optimizing2445263optimizing
optimum1343353optim_um
optimums1442563optimums
optionee1046513optionee
outsize162411753out_size
outsmile1046973outsmile
oxidize2444983o_xidize
patinize19610773patinize
poeticize2247523poeticize
polemize2148673polemize
primine113214823_primine
routinize1846203routinize
satirize1749703satirize
suboptimize2662023suboptimize
uptime1067673uptim__e
utilize1648813_utilize
victimize2544083victimize

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162477.90618487.5
3Display Results47470.0331424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691478.09522074.2
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.