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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 “bowdlerized” 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.

38 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
bowdlerized275198(None) 
bowdlerised1851631bowdlerised
bowdlerize2552451bowdlerize_
bowdlerizer2651841bowdlerizer
bowdlerizes2652351bowdlerizes
bowdlerise1652602bowdlerise_
bowdlerises1752252bowdlerises
bowdlerizers2751602bowdlerizers
unbowdlerized296912unbowdlerized
bowdlerizing2892333bowdlerizing
bacterized2446284b_acterized
bipolarized2553094bipolarized
bolshevized2951224bolshevized
bordered1248934bord_er__ed
bouldered1344484boulder__ed
bowdlerising19101914bowdlerising
bowered133113044bow__er__ed
boweries13312294bow__eri_es
bowlegged1742084bow_le_gged
burglarized2452524burglarized
coderived1644794co_d_erived
colorized212211774co__lorized
dollarized2144704do_llarized
genderized2274684gend_erized
maderized2247024_mad_erized
modernized2343734mo_d_ernized
modularized2452974modularized
odorized1945844_o_d_orized
polarized21610284po__larized
polemized2346504po__lemized
polymerized2854794polymerized
popularized2554744popularized
powdered15256894powd_er__ed
soberized2197044so__berized
solarized1969154so__larized
solecized2186584so__lecized
tenderized2175154tend_erized
vowelized2543474vow__elized

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148819389.67315385.0
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691389.84218156.0
 
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