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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 “specialize” 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.

42 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
specialize234719(None) 
specialise1446601specialise
specialized2545841specialized
specializes2446441specializes
serialize18812632s_erialize
socialize2048822s_ocialize
specialised1654532specialised
specialises1546002specialises
specialism1646812specialism
specialist1448342specialist
speciality1746332speciality
decimalize2446603_decimalize
grecianize2253293grecianize
penalize19912753_pe_nalize
racialize2049203_racialize
sacralize2048973s_acralize
serialise9912143s_erialise
serialized20810693s_erialized
serializes19912053s_erializes
sexualize2546903s_exualize
socialise1148733s_ocialise
socialite1148503s_ocialite
socialized2247363s_ocialized
socializer2146023s_ocializer
socializes2148403s_ocializes
special11310303special___
specialer1344733special_er
specialest1445573specialest
specialisms1745973specialisms
specialists1546203specialists
specialities1656793specialities
specializing2655503specializing
specially1647343special_ly
specials1238033special__s
specialties1544663specialties
specialty1644303special_ty
speciate12209583specia__te
speciating1548123speciating
speciation1449393speciation
sterilize1848303steri_lize
subspecialize28102363subspecialize
unspecialized2763133unspecialized

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603425.81324187.7
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691426.23228673.1
 
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