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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forostracize” 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.

20 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
ostracize204517(None) 
ostracise1146291ostracise
ostracized2254031ostracized
ostracizes2144721ostracizes
ostracised1343792ostracised
ostracises1245372ostracises
ostracism1345322ostracism
ostracode1243872ostracode
metricize2247213metricize
ostraca937823ostrac__a
ostracisms1444823ostracisms
ostracizing2344563ostracizing
ostracod1144873ostrac_od
ostracodes1343073ostracodes
ostracods1253843ostracods
ostracon1045263ostrac_on
outrace92418553outrac__e
outracing12912163outracing
outraise8311933outra_ise
postrace12310543postrac__e

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641207.12320867.8
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691207.52923733.7