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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
decentralizing276336(None) 
centralizing2458052__centralizing
centralising1555933__centralising
decentralize2455403decentraliz__e
decentralized26144593decentraliz_ed
decentralizes2575143decentraliz_es
demineralizing2792993demineralizing
decentring1446754decentr____ing
decimalizing2755964dec__imalizing
decontrolling1761434decontrol_ling
demoralizing2547144d__emoralizing
denaturalizing2563514denaturalizing
desacralizing2653874de_sacralizing
desexualizing3153744dese_xualizing
devitalizing2645944de_vit_alizing
essentializing2462894essentializing
federalizing2655244fede__ralizing
generalizing2346354__generalizing
neutralizing2276444__neutralizing
orientalizing2354394orient_alizing
recanalizing2446804recan__alizing
technicalizing3162234technicalizing

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 Filter178691658740.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit65874224.15615850.3
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691224.46640011.4
 
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