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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 “heroicize” 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.

30 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
heroicize234536(None) 
heroicized2544171heroicized
heroicizes2445291heroicizes
aerobicize2353562aerobicize
eroticize2047512_eroticize
herbicide17114182herbicide
heroize193210972hero__ize
aerobicized2552903aerobicized
aerobicizes2453473aerobicizes
eroticized2245623_eroticized
eroticizes2146943_eroticizes
erotize16311663_ero_tize
ethicize2246283_ethicize
exorcize2644893_exorcize
fertilize2147543fertilize
germicide1574263germicide
herbicides1884193herbicides
heroic113516923heroic___
heroical13410023heroic_al
heroicizing2654433heroicizing
heroics122912003heroic__s
heroine103517493hero__ine
heroinism1446873heroinism
heroized21298463hero__ized
heroizes202610983hero__izes
heroizing2248493heroizing
lyricize221038083lyr_icize
metricize2247213metricize
verbicide1784633verbicide
vermicide1785253vermicide

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641306.54622707.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.99825534.6
 
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