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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 “signalise” 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.

47 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
signalise104639(None) 
signalised1244241signalised
signalises1145911signalises
signalize1946911signalize
finalise113112572fi_nalise
signaling1136562signaling
signalized2145732signalized
signalizes2046462signalizes
signals8359162signal_s_
canalise10816213_canalise
finalis103313663fi_nalis_
finalised13338013fi_nalised
finalises122911523fi_nalises
finalism133010363fi_nalism
finalist113014733fi_nalist
finalize202711023fi_nalize
idealise938053_idealise
legalise949493leg_alise
lignaloes1054033lignaloes
penalise101013763_penalise
pignolis1146053pignolis_
scandalise1344893scandalise
serialise9912143serialise
sighlike1635533sig_hlike
sightline1345683sightline
signage937773signa__ge
signages1037483signages_
signal73711483signal___
signaled1035393signal_ed
signaler945453signal_er
signalers1044583signalers
signalising1344163signalising
signalled1143843signalled
signaller1043693signaller
signalling1243803signalling
signally1246533signal_ly
signalman1272093signalman
signalmen1252443signalmen
signature1053763signature
signifies1347063signifies
signories10107853signories
signorine1045173signorine
silkaline1344243silkaline
sinapism1245573si_napism
socialise1148733socialise
visualise1245613visualise
vitalise11310743vi_talise

Search took 8 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 Limit148641477.28020417.7
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.71923149.5
 
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