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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 “specialized” 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
specialized254584(None) 
specialised1654531specialised
specialize2347191specialize_
specializes2446441specializes
serialized20810692s_erialized
socialized2247362s_ocialized
specialise1446602specialise_
specialises1546002specialises
unspecialized2763132unspecialized
decimalized2646103_decimalized
grecianized2453053grecianized
penalized211210243_pe_nalized
racialized2247683_racialized
sacralized2246983s_acralized
serialised1188283s_erialised
serialize18812633s_erialize_
serializes19912053s_erializes
sexualized2745963s_exualized
socialised1345943s_ocialised
socialize2048823s_ocialize_
socializer2146023s_ocializer
socializes2148403s_ocializes
specialer1344733special__er
specialism1646813speciali_sm
specialisms1745973specialisms
specialist1448343speciali_st
specialists1546203specialists
specialities1656793specialities
speciality1746333speciali_ty
specializing2655503specializing
specialties1544663specialties
speciated14207543specia__ted
specified1746253speci_fi_ed
sterilized2046763steri_lized
subspecialized30122103subspecialized

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633355.36022692.7
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691355.78030915.4
 
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