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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 “westernization” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
westernization2613448(None) 
westernisation17152571westernisation
westernizations27154131westernizations
eternization2158672_e_ternization
westernisations18172432westernisations
eternizations2258073_e_ternizations
fraternization26174063fraternization
weatherization2954143weather_ization
winterization25137813winter_ization
bacterization26107224bacter_ization
bastardization26143084bastardization
cauterization24187754cauter_ization
desalinization2455614desalinization
determination1657644de_termination
energization2256494_e_nergization
esterification1995334_esterification
etherization2457684_ether_ization
extermination2275744_extermination
externalization3164524_externalization
fraternizations27153754fraternizations
hellenization2554194helle_nization
laterization21410684_later_ization
luteinization2255304_luteinization
mercerization2656324mercer_ization
modernization2555334_modernization
pasteurization2584444pasteurization
sterilization2258864__sterilization
sternutation1253964__sternutation
systemization2774474syste_mization
tenderization2355734tender_ization
tetanization21410304te_t_anization
weatherizations3054074weather_izations
westernizing2553724westerniz__ing
winterizations26157504winter_izations

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit65874344.08016145.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.45640101.2
 
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