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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 “civilises” 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.

52 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
civilises1410609(None) 
civilise1386261civilise_
civilised1584611civilised
civilizes23115881civilizes
civicisms18134822civicisms
civilians1443592civilians
civilities1547842civilities
civilize22106392civilize_
civilized24105492civilized
civilizer23104322civilizer
civilizers24103122civilizers
civilness1444222civilness
divinises1367012divinises
canalises11515493canalises
cavities131412613caviti_es
challises14358783challises
chilies124218303c_hili_es
cicelies1269753ciceli_es
cilices113814023c__ilices
citifies13310683citifi_es
civicism17105353civicis_m
civies114116443civ__i_es
civilian1344453civili_an
civilising1644353civilising
civility1646133civili_ty
civilnesses1644853civilnesses
civisms1436073civ__isms
civvies1555843civ_vi_es
colitises11311743colitises
creolises1157893creolises
criticises1446443criticises
cullises103111313c_ullises
cutinises1148513cutinises
divinise1267143divinise_
divinised1465473divinised
divinizes2266673divinizes
divulses1244763divul_ses
finalises122911523finalises
idolises938763_idolises
iritises839973_iritises
minimises1347163minimises
mobilises1347513mobilises
nihilisms1444873nihilisms
nihilists1244853nihilists
novelises1247373novelises
trivialises1484683trivialises
utilises848973_utilises
valises103516263__valises
virilisms1446243virilisms
virilizes2146953virilizes
vitalises12310093vitalises
vivifies1747023vivifi_es

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 Limit148641527.87618872.7
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691528.30921505.7
 
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