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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 “sterilise” 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.

46 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
sterilise94900(None) 
sterilised1145441sterilised
sterilises1048251sterilises
sterilize1848301sterilize
serialise9912142s_erialise
stabilise1197082stabilise
sterile7316602steril__e
sterility1247762sterility
sterilized2046762sterilized
sterilizer1945512sterilizer
sterilizes1947642sterilizes
esterifies1347153esterifies
eternise8119663eter_nise
materialise1347843materialise
pteridine1246743pteridine
puerilism1344763puerilism
serflike1536273s_erflike
serialised1188283s_erialised
serialises10811563s_erialises
serialism11811983s_erialism
serialist9715113s_erialist
serialize18812633s_erialize
specialise1446603specialise
stabilised13104593stabilised
stabilises12116013stabilises
stabilize20116563stabilize
stairlike1344753stairlike
starlike1238813star_like
steedlike1443653steedlike
steelie7310213ste_eli_e
steelies8312553ste_elies
stellite839533ste_llite
stemlike1436723ste_mlike
steplike1436733ste_plike
stepwise1344163ste_pwise
sterilant947283sterilant
sterilely1244633sterilely
sterilising1245023sterilising
sterilities11129013sterilities
sterilizers2043623sterilizers
sterling93615553ster_ling
sternite8310543ster_nite
sterols7313443sterol_s_
strigose945583st_rigose
stylise10208953st__ylise
utilise749063ut__ilise

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 Limit148641467.21620598.8
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.65523343.0
 
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