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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 “colour” 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.

45 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
colour8591508(None) 
clour76617281c_lour
color76123741colo_r
colours95913411colours
dolour75710131dolour
bicolour1243692bicolour
cloud86716422c_loud
clours85215082c_lours
clout75330462c_lout
colder95121832colder
coleus86818272coleus
collar83816172collar
colobi105011082colobi
colobus11389362colobus
colog86619932colo_g
cologs96517352cologs
colon78630192colo_n
colone85425002colone
coloni85619202coloni
colons86028672colons
colonus94413432colonus
colony115417262colony
colorer9312522colorer
colors86622372colors
coloured1148302coloured
colourer1037552colourer
colter84625092colter
colure8314152col_ure
comous10816492comous
concur10411092concur
contour939962contour
cooer74831012co_oer
cooler84824712cooler
copout10418772copout
couloir936142couloir
decolour1185012decolour
dolor67617962dolo_r
dolours8438812dolours
ecotour944352ecotour
flour84916452_flour
honour94710862honour
lour45430682__lour
odour64710472_odour
valour93010372valour
velour9328762velour

Search took 3 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 Limit82551452.59331836.1
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.71965719.4
 
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