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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 “colony” 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.

57 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
colony11541727(None) 
colon78630191colon_
colone85425001colone
coloni85619201coloni
colons86028681colons
boloney1247762boloney
calory11312842calory
clon66232482c_lon_
clone75728162c_lone
clonk114417442c_lonk
clons75228132c_lons
cloy96623832c_lo_y
codon86522852codon_
codons96119462codons
cogon89120902cogon_
cogons96818112cogons
colby124415062col_by
coldly12459952coldly
colin76231692colin_
colins85229042colins
colly104926772col_ly
colobi105011082colobi
colog86619932colo_g
cologne1039352cologne
cologs96517352cologs
colonel94213282colonel
colones96124432colones
colonic115015712colonic
colonus94413442colonus
color76123742colo_r
colors86622372colors
colour85915082colour
coly96940532col__y
compony1613011912compony
cony96537832c__ony
cooey105828222co_oey
cooky145321362co_oky
coolly114811392coolly
cooly105525422co_oly
coon67248942co_on_
coons76737282co_ons
corny106023272co_rny
corody12149702corody
corona83817402corona
cottony1237252cottony
crony105918672c_rony
ecology13218822ecology
felony123710322felony
gobony1236912gobony
goony95519782go_ony
loony86918962lo_ony
moony104818272mo_ony
ology94113112_ology
oology103210252oology
oolong738072oolong
solon55026132solon_
solons65120012solons

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551573.18625910.5
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691573.31253952.6
 
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