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

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76 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
alkalise1217804(None) 
alkalies12158541alkalies
alkaline12168281alkaline
alkalis11148791alkalis_
alkalised14155261alkalised
alkalises13167481alkalises
alkalize21177631alkalize
alkali10127562alkali__
alkalic13146972alkali_c
alkalify1842822alkalify
alkalin11178182alkali_n
alkalized23146602alkalized
alkalizer22155562alkalizer
alkalizes22157352alkalizes
alkaloses13144852alkaloses
alanine7316863al_anine
alcaide1088453alca_ide
alcalde10104953alcal_de
alcaldes11114983alcaldes
aldolase944773aldolase
alfakis1475073alfakis_
alkahest1554023alkahest
alkalified1852643alkalified
alkalifies1743233alkalifies
alkalinize23143023alkalinize
alkalising1545013alkalising
alkalizers23153953alkalizers
alkaloid1345293alkaloid
alkaloids1443983alkaloids
alkalosis13124163alkalosis
alkane104313323alka__ne
alkanes113812933alkanes_
alkie95520033alk__i_e
alkies104518093alk__ies
alkine104916803alk__ine
alkoxide2083213alkoxide
alkylate1554663alkylate
alkylic16174233alkyli_c
alkyls13465723alkyl_s_
allanite8411093allanite
allelism1046973allelism
allies63827673al__lies
analyse10208893a_nalyse
ankylose1544173ankylose
annalist8413753annalist
arbalist10313333arbalist
argalis84214193argalis_
balkanize2444383balkanize
balkline1437973balk_line
canalise10816213canalise
equalise1748213equalise
finalise113112573finalise
focalise131210373focalise
galvanise1344883galvanise
globalise1245153globalise
idealise938053idealise
lakelike1137383lakelike
lavalike1536283lavalike
legalise949493legalise
liaise6310693_lia_ise
localise101511853localise
malaise9312673mal_a_ise
metalise10416053metalise
moralise10314913moralise
nasalise848863nasalise
penalise101013763penalise
realise73021813_realise
ruralise839643ruralise
silkaline1344243silkaline
talkative1644303talkative
tantalise91210823tantalise
totalise8312503totalise
valise92917643__valise
vandalise1347673vandalise
vitalise11310743vitalise
vocalise131510813vocalise

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162767.36019859.0
3Display Results76760.0302533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691767.81322871.0
 
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