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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 “colonialized” 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.

38 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
colonialized245363(None) 
colonialize2254621colonialize_
colonializes2354391colonializes
colonialism1565433coloniali_sm
colonialisms1674753colonialisms
colonialist1376723coloniali_st
colonialists1484993colonialists
colonializing2553603colonializing
colonized212710433colon___ized
canalized21611694c__an_alized
cannibalized26142974c_annibalized
colonial10411344colonial____
colonialistic1773184colonialistic
colonially1546694colonial__ly
colonialness1453464colonialness
colonials1147914colonial___s
colonised12248724colon___ised
colonitises1345624coloni_tises
colonize192312774colon___ize_
colonizer20309284colon___izer
colonizes202613184colon___izes
colonnaded1441944colonna__ded
colorized212211774colo___rized
communalized2853504communalized
criminalized2654034criminalized
delocalized2445344delo_calized
dolomitized2452724dolomi_tized
globalized2344114_glo_balized
journalized28113684journ_alized
labialized2245404__labialized
localized21168834__lo_calized
memorialized2655304memorialized
politicalized2762824politicalized
resocialized24105194resocialized
socialized2247364__socialized
solubilized2353234solubi_lized
unlocalized2353374unlo_calized
volatilized2453774volati_lized

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 Filter1786911247900.513348325.5
2DLD Change Limit124790387.19017356.1
3Display Results38380.0301266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691387.73323107.6
 
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