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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 “optimizing” 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.

28 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
optimizing244526(None) 
optimising1544491optimising
activizing2545873activizing
atomizing2148513_atomizing
atticizing2246323atticizing
cutinizing2246603cutinizing
epitomizing2554493epitomizing
itemizing2146273_itemizing
latinizing2048123latinizing
maximizing3184383maximizing
minimizing2445553minimizing
opsonizing2245053opsonizing
optimize2145503optimiz__e
optimized2344963optimiz_ed
optimizer2244123optimiz_er
optimizers2343023optimizers
optimizes2245423optimiz_es
optioning1246553opti_oning
outsmiling1345743outsmiling
oxidizing2744203o_xidizing
patinizing2248613patinizing
poeticizing2545433poeticizing
polemizing2446913polemizing
routinizing2195443routinizing
satirizing2058283satirizing
suboptimizing2961643suboptimizing
utilizing1947803_utilizing
victimizing2853633victimizing

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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603286.72020923.1
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.18924856.2
 
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