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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 “serialize” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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80 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
serialize1881263(None) 
serialise9912141serialise
serialized20810691serialized
serializes19912051serializes
serialised1188282serialised
serialises10811562serialises
serialism11811982serialism
serialist9715112serialist
sexualize2546902sexualize
socialize2048822socialize
specialize2347192specialize
sterilize1848302steri_lize
verbalize2348832verbalize
vernalize2159842vernalize
aerialist9914263aerialist
bestialize2146673bestialize
decimalize2446603decimalize
derivatize2345983derivatize
detribalize2355003detribalize
devitalize23107653devitalize
equalize2648023_equalize
eternalize19118503eternalize
fertilize2147543fertilize
feudalize2254873feudalize
formalize232710033formalize
germanize2148263germanize
labialize2046713labialize
legalize1839103le_galize
lexicalize2844603lexicalize
materialize2247883materialize
mediatize2146903mediatize
memorialize2456383memorialize
metalize19414783me_talize
moralize19313923mor_alize
normalize203010103normalize
penalize19912753pe_nalize
percaline13410953percaline
racialize2049203racialize
realize162717083__realize
revitalize22108273revitalize
ruralize1739233rur_alize
sacralize2048973sacralize
sensualize1945103sensualize
sepaline10311343se_paline
sepiolite1146803sepiolite
sequelize2764143sequelize
serflike1536273ser_flike
serial64625863serial___
serialisms12610273serialisms
serialists10810363serialists
serializing21149403serializing
serially11912843serial_ly
serials73919743serial__s
seriate73722473seria__te
seriatim1049223seriati_m
seriating10916403seriating
seriation9318063seriation
sermonize20148483sermonize
sexualized2745963sexualized
sexualizes2646533sexualizes
signalize1946913signalize
socialise1148733socialise
socialite1148503socialite
socialized2247363socialized
socializer2146023socializer
socializes2148403socializes
specialise1446603specialise
specialized2545843specialized
specializes2446443specializes
sterilise948993steri_lise
sterilized2046763steri_lized
sterilizer1945513steri_lizer
sterilizes1947643steri_lizes
thermalize2445773thermalize
verbalized2547613verbalized
verbalizer2445993verbalizer
verbalizes2448293verbalizes
vernalized2348423vernalized
vernalizes2249323vernalizes
virilize2047743viri_lize

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641807.58019609.6
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691808.03322244.6
 
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