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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 “bicolours” 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.

24 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
bicolours134336(None) 
bicolors1256161bicolo_rs
bicolour1243691bicolour_
bicolor1145612bicolo_r_
colours95913442__colours
decolours1274412decolours
discolours1343822discolours
tricolours12133962tricolours
beclouds1345373bec_louds
bibulous1244633bibulou_s
bicolored1443953bicolored
clours85215093__c_lours
colors86622373__colo_rs
colour85915093__colour_
decolors1187713decolo_rs
decolour1185013decolour_
discolors1246593discolo_rs
discolour1244173discolour_
dolours8438823__dolours
ecotours1044463_ecotours
miscolors1345863miscolo_rs
recolors1078813recolo_rs
tricolors11125803tricolo_rs
tricolour11114073tricolour_

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641247.11020905.9
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691247.52923733.7
 
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