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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 “ionize” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

41 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
ionize15461387(None) 
iodize164112591iodize
ionise63516941ionise
ionized172611291ionized
ionizer162310121ionizer
ionizes162813341ionizes
ironize16610371ironize
lionize1668821lionize
agnize16329562agnize
agonize172911402agonize
bonze165119352bon_ze
cognize1957682cognize
conine84528552conine
deionize1858682deionize
ebonize1838152ebonize
idolize1737782idolize
ignite71410582ignite
iodide84812932iodide
iodine74618652iodine
iodise74214942iodise
iodized18969162iodized
iodizer17408662iodizer
iodizes173911722iodizes
iolite63221982iolite
ionic74622662ioni_c
ionics84214482ionics
ionised82911492ionised
ionises72916432ionises
ionium8610922ionium
ionizers17257712ionizers
ionone6313442ionone
ironized1858202ironized
ironizes17510372ironizes
lionise7310372lionise
lionized1837022lionized
lionizer1756052lionizer
lionizes1738772lionizes
monie75631652moni_e
ozonize1546292ozonize
simonize1947812simonize
unionize1747062unionize

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.53332590.2
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691412.88961852.2
 
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