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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 “galvanize” 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
galvanize224513(None) 
galvanise1344881galvanise
galvanized2444271galvanized
galvanizer2343591galvanizer
galvanizes2344761galvanizes
balkanize2444382balkanize
galvanic1444512galvani_c
galvanised1543462galvanised
galvanises1444652galvanises
galvanism1544522galvanism
galvanizers2452342galvanizers
alanine7316863_al_anine
alkalize21177633_alkalize
allanite8411093_allanite
avianize2045723_avianize
balkanized2643803balkanized
balkanizes2544333balkanizes
galantine1047313gal_antine
galenite91210063gal_enite
gallamine1246123gallamine
gallicize2164993gallicize
galvanisms1644053galvanisms
galvanizing2594343galvanizing
germanize2148263germanize
italianize19143863italianize
japanize2645283ja_panize
melanize19410303mel_anize
paganize2048633pa_ganize
salinize1739683sal_inize
sylvanite1543793sylvanite
volcanize2345733volcanize
vulcanize2344433vulcanize

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641326.59322545.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.76526414.0
 
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