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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 “legalising” 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.

52 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
legalising124574(None) 
legalizing2147541legalizing
localising1345972localising
metalising1348942metalising
penalising1347622penalising
realising10313172re_alising
alkalising1545013alkalising
begalling13216493begal_ling
canalising1349363canalising
degassing1234823dega_ssing
degaussing1342293degaussing
elegising1145423eleg__ising
equalising2065993equalising
finalising1446673finalising
focalising1645623focalising
globalising1552963globalising
idealising1245703idealising
illegalizing2353033illegalizing
leasing83920163le_a__sing
legalise949493legalis__e
legalised1145843legalis_ed
legalises1038563legalis_es
legalism1148583legalis__m
legalisms1247163legalis_ms
legalist9512393legalis__t
legalistic1345273legalistic
legalists1047943legalis_ts
legalities1148913legalities
legating102313113lega__ting
liaising937913l_ia_ising
liberalising1564123liberalising
localizing2247793localizing
logicising1443723logicising
metalizing22511363metalizing
moralising1347623moralising
nasalising1145593nasalising
nebulising1343723nebulising
negativing1543613negativing
organising1245583organising
paganising1445953paganising
penalizing2249923penalizing
realizing19313813re_alizing
regaining112411083rega_ining
regaling10315363regal__ing
reraising10313773rera_ising
ruralising1146443ruralising
serialising12167003serialising
signalising1344163signalising
tetanising1146173tetanising
totalising1147313totalising
vitalising1446843vitalising
vocalising1645523vocalising

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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603526.39321993.3
3Display Results52520.0301733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691526.57627173.2
 
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