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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formodernizes” 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.

13 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
modernizes224426(None) 
modernises1344731modernises
modernize2144381modernize_
modernized2343731modernized
modernizer2243151modernizer
modernizers2352381modernizers
maderizes2148952mader_izes
modernes1138422modern__es
modernise1244732modernise_
modernised1453402modernised
modernisms1543792modernisms
modernists1344292modernists
modernities1444632modernities

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911088240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit108824132.76639343.5
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691133.12657162.8