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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forspecialization” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

12 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
specialization2710628(None) 
specialisation18182751specialisation
specializations28115631specializations
serialization22911722s_erialization
socialization2449102s_ocialization
specialisations19132422specialisations
decimalization2857883_decimalization
penalization23512663_pe_nalization
serializations23710933s_erializations
socializations2548483s_ocializations
specification2245763speci_fication
sterilization2258863steri_lization

Search took 2 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 Filter178691435480.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit43548121.70325571.3
3Display Results12120.016750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691121.79599549.3