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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 “polarization” 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.

35 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
polarization23201043(None) 
polarizations24219711polarizations
solarization211810171solarization
bipolarization27113912bipolarization
colorization231711192colorization
depolarization26136482depolarization
notarization2149662notarization
popularization2754272popularization
repolarization25116292repolarization
solarizations22219272solarizations
velarization2449902velarization
bipolarizations2883873bipolarizations
colonization232010233colonization
colorizations241410353colorizations
covariation1646773covari_ation
curarization2348193curarization
depolarizations27146333depolarizations
focalization2649663focalization
localization23410433localization
melanization2349883melanization
moralization23411613moralization
motorization2349703motorization
notarizations2248803notarizations
penalization23512663penalization
pollination1348013pol_lination
polymerization30104093polymerization
popularizations2853983popularizations
pulverization2754713pulverization
repolarizations26136173repolarizations
romanization2389893romanization
solmization2247323sol_mization
valorization2478413valorization
velarizations2549273velarizations
vocalization2649993vocalization
vulgarization2654823vulgarization

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024354.12623030.5
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691354.49939717.9
 
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