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

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89 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
formalize23271003(None) 
formalise14239781formalise
formalized25268931formalized
formalizer24257871formalizer
formalizes242710071formalizes
formulize23265621formulize
normalize203010101normalize
deformalize2655272deformalize
focalize22139502fo_calize
formalin1347312formali_n
formalins1447212formalins
formalised16266662formalised
formalises15258992formalises
formalism16218182formalism
formalist141910642formalist
formality1746992formality
formalizers25255382formalizers
formamide1744402formamide
formative1747962formative
formulized25274772formulized
formulizes24255422formulizes
fortalice1445772fortalice
moralize19313922mor_alize
normalise11259422normalise
normalized22358822normalized
normalizer21227592normalizer
normalizes21259642normalizes
animalize2048553animalize
aromatize20410303aromatize
cormlike1646703corm_like
deformalized2874573deformalized
deformalizes2754873deformalizes
dogmatize2265763dogmatize
faradize21237823far_adize
fertilize2147543fertilize
feudalize2254873feudalize
finalize202711023f_inalize
foamlike1735143foam_like
focalise131210373fo_calise
focalized24157963fo_calized
focalizes23159323fo_calizes
forklike1435813for_klike
formable1539503forma_ble
formal113215203formal___
formalisms17227243formalisms
formalists15217623formalists
formalities16137823formalities
formalizable2851813formalizable
formalizing2646643formalizing
formally1638243formal_ly
formals123312893formal__s
formamides1843873formamides
formate123115093forma__te
formation1439423formation
formatives1846213formatives
formulae1345983formul_ae
formularize2553203formularize
formulate1446993formulate
formulism16214423formulism
formulist14205913formulist
fortalices1545513fortalices
fossilize2143853fossilize
germanize2148263germanize
gormandize2374363gormandize
journalize26113943journalize
localize191410483lo_calize
moralise10314913mor_alise
moralized21310753mor_alized
moralizer2049473mor_alizer
moralizes20312863mor_alizes
normalised13236883normalised
normalises12228503normalises
normality1447203normality
normalizers22214773normalizers
normative1448893normative
organize1849093_organize
realize162717083__realize
romanize19311013ro_manize
ruralize1739233rur_alize
serialize18812633serialize
socialize2048823socialize
thermalize2445773thermalize
totalize17311523to_talize
tourmaline1243503tourmaline
verbalize2348833verbalize
vernalize2159843vernalize
vocalize221310153vo_calize
womanize2248163wo_manize
wormlike1735313worm_like

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641897.57619620.0
3Display Results89890.0461934.8
 (SQL Overall)178691898.04522211.4
 
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