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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 “colonel” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

33 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
colonel9421328(None) 
colone85425001colone_
colonels104210451colonels
colones96124431colones
coronel94515221coronel
boloney1247762boloney
calomel1138072calomel
clonal8310912c_lonal
clone75728162c_lone_
cloned94518802c_loned
cloner84418092c_loner
clones84526562c_lones
cojones163512102cojones
cologne1039362cologne_
cologned1237152cologned
colognes11310602colognes
colon78630192colon__
colonelcy1642862colonelcy
coloni85619202colon_i
colonial10411342colonial
colonic115015712colonic
colonies103620012colonies
colons86028682colon_s
colonus94413442colonus
colony115417272colon_y
colored10313472colored
colorer9312522colorer
columel1136272columel
cornel84020052co_rnel
coronal94115762coronal
coronels104012142coronels
coroner94218202coroner
coronet94227172coronet

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671333.00035890.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.37352976.9
 
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