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

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40 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
decentralizes257514(None) 
decentralize2455401decentralize_
decentralized26144591decentralized
centralizes2249422__centralizes
centralises1349293__centralises
centralize2149963__centralize_
centralized2348153__centralized
centralizer2246833__centralizer
centralizers2354333__centralizers
decentralizing2763363decentralizing
demineralizes25104443demineralizes
overcentralizes29123883overcentralizes
centralise1269604__centralise_
centralised1446604__centralised
centralisms1547404__centralisms
centralists1348144__centralists
centralities1448624__centralities
decenaries1348124decen__ari_es
decennaries1454264decen_nari_es
decentres12238524decentr____es
decimalizes2546294dec__imalizes
degeneracies1653554degeneraci_es
demineralize2484864demineralize_
demineralized2694074demineralized
demineralizer2593584demineralizer
demineralizers26102194demineralizers
demoralizes2368434d__emoralizes
denaturalizes2374074denaturalizes
desacralizes2454084de_sacralizes
desexualizes2954034dese_xualizes
devitalizes24107104de_vit_alizes
essentializes2263484essentializes
federalizes2445174fede__ralizes
generalizes21178274__generalizes
neutralizes20117574__neutralizes
orientalizes2175754orient_alizes
overcentralize28114244overcentralize_
overcentralized30133774overcentralized
recanalizes2247044recan__alizes
technicalizes2982534technicalizes

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024404.68620278.3
3Display Results40400.0331212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691404.84236904.4
 
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