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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 “barbarize” 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.

45 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
barbarize224624(None) 
barbarized2444851barbarized
barbarizes2345871barbarizes
arborize1988962_arborize
barbarian1346342barbarian
barbaric1446362barbari_c
barbarism1545962barbarism
barbarity1645062barbarity
carburize2245232carburize
arabize1849343_ar_abize
arborized2166973_arborized
arborizes2088823_arborizes
bacterize2247653bacterize
balkanize2444383balkanize
banalize191010933ba_nalize
barbarians1445033barbarians
barbarisms1644943barbarisms
barbarities1544993barbarities
barbarizing2544983barbarizing
barbarous1345623barbarous
barbate11314543barba__te
barbering14229683barbering
barbie105018353barb__i_e
barbwire1543863barb_wire
barcarole1343773barcarole
barware12610703barwar__e
bastardize2263093bastardize
berberine1346523berberine
braize174113113b_r_a_ize
burglarize2252723burglarize
carbamide1645743carbamide
carbolize22189173carbolize
carbonize22169043carbonize
carburise1345813carburise
carburized2444253carburized
carburizes2345183carburizes
curarize1988853cur_arize
faradize21237823far_adize
marbelize2246113marbelize
marbleize2243073marbleize
margarine1247713margarine
margarite1247513margarite
martyrize2344523martyrize
urbanize19106733_urbanize
verbalize2348833verbalize

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641457.98618612.7
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691458.15821903.8
 
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