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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 “popularise” 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
popularise144542(None) 
popularised1653781popularised
popularises1555151popularises
popularize2345681popularize
polarise10513902po__larise
popularity1754682popularity
popularized2554742popularized
popularizer2454272popularizer
popularizes2445522popularizes
copulative1747293copulative
ocularist1177323_ocularist
polarised1269233po__larised
polarises11514073po__larises
polarize19512653po__larize
poplars113910333pop_lar_s_
populace14256253popula__ce
populaces15195713populaces_
popular11319563popular___
popularising1753073popularising
popularities1674683popularities
popularizers2552793popularizers
popularly1663843popular_ly
populate122812093popula__te
populates132710673populates_
populating1547663populating
population14810023population
populism1446073popul__ism
populist1248203popul__ist
poularde11276573po_ular_de
poulardes12286183po_ulardes
poulards11288233po_ulards_
poultries1148453po_ultries
repopularize25192913repopularize
secularise12146593secularise
solarise8512543so__larise

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603356.93620271.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.38824186.7
 
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