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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 “vulcanize” 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.

37 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
vulcanize234443(None) 
volcanize2345731volcanize
vulcanise1444181vulcanise
vulcanite1444711vulcanite
vulcanized2544071vulcanized
vulcanizer2453431vulcanizer
vulcanizes2444471vulcanizes
volcanized2544922volcanized
volcanizes2445642volcanizes
vulcanian1443162vulcanian
vulcanic1543832vulcani_c
vulcanised1643362vulcanised
vulcanises1544222vulcanises
vulcanism1643842vulcanism
vulcanites1544482vulcanites
vulcanizate2551922vulcanizate
vulcanizers2552452vulcanizers
vulgarize22135432vulgarize
balkanize2444383balkanize
euthanize2155983euthanize
galvanize2245133galvanize
humanize2247783hu_manize
melanize19410303mel_anize
urbanize19106733_urbanize
velarize2048763vel_arize
vocalize221310153v_ocalize
volcanic1544773volcani_c
volcanics1643653volcanics
volcanism1645233volcanism
vulcanisate1651943vulcanisate
vulcanisms1753623vulcanisms
vulcanizates2651703vulcanizates
vulcanizing2653963vulcanizing
vulgarise13495993vulgarise
vulgarized24134283vulgarized
vulgarizer23143763vulgarizer
vulgarizes23145203vulgarizes

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641377.30020361.8
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.74923059.9
 
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