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

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

20 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
popularizing265387(None) 
popularising1753071popularising
polarizing2248792po__larizing
repopularizing2862122repopularizing
bipolarizing2653233bipolarizing
depolarizing2555223depolarizing
dollarizing2254333do_llarizing
formularizing2862173formularizing
polarising1347663po__larising
popularities1674683popularities
popularize2345683populariz__e
popularized2554743populariz_ed
popularizer2454273populariz_er
popularizers2552793popularizers
popularizes2445523populariz_es
populating1547663popula__ting
regularizing2354003regularizing
repolarizing2455533repolarizing
secularizing2454883secularizing
solarizing2048283so__larizing

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit95024204.01623661.4
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691204.13943172.5