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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 “civilizing” 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.

32 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
civilizing254560(None) 
civilising1644351civilising
divinizing2445452divinizing
virilizing2345672virilizing
canalizing22410423canalizing
caviling14310113cavil__ing
cavilling1536393cavil_ling
civilian1344453civili_an_
civilianizing2872143civilianizing
civilians1443593civili_ans
civilities1547843civilities
civilize22106393civiliz__e
civilized24105493civiliz_ed
civilizer23104323civiliz_er
civilizers24103123civilizers
civilizes23115883civiliz_es
cliticizing2554153cliticizing
creolizing2246893creolizing
criticizing2554533criticizing
cutinizing2246603cutinizing
cyclizing2645633c_yclizing
digitizing2245353digitizing
divinising1545103divinising
finalizing2347983finalizing
idolizing2046453_idolizing
minimizing2445553minimizing
mobilizing2446693mobilizing
novelizing2345273novelizing
sinicizing2245753sinicizing
trivializing2554413trivializing
utilizing1947803_utilizing
vitalizing2348363vitalizing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603325.89323859.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.32928233.7
 
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