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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 “mechanize” 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.

39 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
mechanize254707(None) 
mechanized2745881mechanized
mechanizer2645041mechanizer
mechanizes2646771mechanizes
mechanic1747612mechani_c
mechanics1845982mechanics
mechanism1846562mechanism
mechanist1648742mechanist
mechanizers2753532mechanizers
melanize19410302me_lanize
merchandize2852682merchandize
archaize2246213archa_ize
bechance1747733bechan_ce
emphasize25124933emphasize
euthanize2155983euthanize
germanize2148263germanize
grecianize2253293grecianize
meanie83718393me__ani_e
mechanical19115733mechanical
mechanisms1945723mechanisms
mechanists1745893mechanists
mechanizable3062373mechanizable
mechanizing2846103mechanizing
mediatize2146903mediatize
melanite10512023me_lanite
melanized2158573me_lanized
melanizes20410383me_lanizes
merchandise1952853merchandise
merchandized3052313merchandized
merchandizes2952663merchandizes
metalize19414783me_talize
methane123211793methan__e
methodize2445713methodize
mezzanine1942593mezzanine
micronize2248903micronize
rechange1458183rechan_ge
recognize2145673recognize
tetanize17109953te_tanize
unmechanized2962083unmechanized

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641398.12618292.0
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691398.31221498.0
 
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