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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 “bowdlerization” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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78 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bowdlerization296247(None) 
bowdlerizations3062411bowdlerizations
bacterization26107214b_acterization
bipolarization27113914bipolarization
bowdlerizing2892334bowdleriz__ing
colorization231711194co__lorization
modernization2555334mo_d_ernization
polarization232010434po__larization
polymerization30104094polymerization
popularization2754274popularization
solarization211810174so__larization
tenderization2355734tend_erization
bacterizations2766665b_acterizations
barbarization26186085b_arbarization
bipolarizations2883875bipolarizations
botheration1654655bo_ther__ation
bowdlerising19101915bowdleri__sing
bowdlerize2552455bowdleriz____e
bowdlerized2751985bowdleriz___ed
bowdlerizer2651845bowdleriz___er
bowdlerizers2751605bowdleriz__ers
bowdlerizes2652355bowdleriz___es
cauterization24187755_cauterization
colonization232010235co__lonization
colorizations241410355co__lorizations
computerization3082785computerization
concretization2754375concretization
decolorization26136415decolorization
deodorization2456465deod_orization
depolarization26136485depolarization
derivation14712785___d_erivation
dimerization2449085__dimerization
etherization2457685__etherization
fiberization26136715__fiberization
focalization2649665focal__ization
formularization2961805formularization
gleization20115785___gle_ization
hellenization2554195_hellenization
homogenization29184245homogenization
isomerization2455235_isomerization
laterization21410685__laterization
localization23410435local__ization
mercerization2656325_mercerization
mobilization2588675mobil__ization
moderation1348655mo_d_er__ation
modernisation1652765mo_d_ernisation
modernizations2654935mo_d_ernizations
monetization2358125mo__netization
mongrelization2653735mongrelization
moralization23411615moral__ization
motorization2349705mo__torization
notarization2149665no__tarization
novelization2456955no__velization
palletization2495195_palletization
pelletization2495115_pelletization
podsolization25165005po_dsolization
podzolization24194375po_dzolization
polarizations24219715po__larizations
polymerisation2192355polymerisation
polymerizations31103965polymerizations
popularizations2853985popularizations
pulverization2754715_pulverization
regularization2455165regularization
repolarization25116295repolarization
revalorization2664835revalorization
secularization2565645secularization
solarizations22219275so__larizations
solemnization2455245so__lemnization
solmization2247325so__l_mization
sovietization2554805so_vietization
suberization2359245__suberization
tenderizations2455695tend_erizations
toleration1048965to__ler__ation
valorization2478415__valorization
velarization2449905__velarization
vocalization2649995vocal__ization
weatherization2954145weatherization
winterization25137815_winterization

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024786.34614973.8
3Display Results78780.0601300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691786.76626410.1
 
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