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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 “balkanize” 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.

33 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
balkanize244438(None) 
balkanized2643801balkanized
balkanizes2544331balkanizes
alkalize21177632_alkalize
galvanize2245132galvanize
alanine7316863_al_anine
alkaline12168283_alkaline
alkalinize23143023_alkalinize
alkalise12178043_alkalise
alkalized23146603_alkalized
alkalizer22155563_alkalizer
alkalizes22157353_alkalizes
alkane104313323_alkan__e
allanite8411093_allanite
avianize2045723_avianize
balance11510263bal_an_ce
balkanizing2754323balkanizing
balkline1437973balk_line
banalize191010933ba_nalize
barbarize2246243barbarize
botanize1948753b_otanize
galvanise1344883galvanise
galvanized2444273galvanized
galvanizer2343593galvanizer
galvanizes2344763galvanizes
italianize19143863italianize
japanize2645283ja_panize
melanize19410303mel_anize
paganize2048633pa_ganize
salinize1739683sal_inize
talkative1644303talkative
volcanize2345733volcanize
vulcanize2344433vulcanize

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641337.58019609.6
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.01622291.8
 
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