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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 “criticises” 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.

33 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
criticises144643(None) 
criticise1356451criticise_
criticised1564191criticised
criticisms1656181criticisms
criticizes2365931criticizes
cliticizes2375492cliticizes
criticism1556842criticis_m
criticize2256002criticize_
criticized2454982criticized
criticizer2373962criticizer
criticizers2472332criticizers
citifies13310683c_itifi_es
civicisms18134823c_ivicisms
civilises14106093c_ivilises
cliticize2255593cliticize_
cliticized2454643cliticized
clitorises1246113clitorises
cretinisms1446713cretinisms
criticaster1552063criticaster
criticasters1651693criticasters
criticising1653423criticising
critics112811093critic___s
critiques2042593criti_ques
cutinises1148513c_utinises
eroticisms1457993eroticisms
eroticists1278183eroticists
eroticizes2146943eroticizes
iritises839973irit__ises
miticides1447083_miticides
politicises1546903politicises
raticides1248693_raticides
scrutinises1363303scrutinises
triticales1246263triticales

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603335.97023551.6
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.40327907.4
 
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