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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 “coloured” 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.

26 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
coloured114831(None) 
cloured103111541c_loured
colored10313471colo_red
colourer1037561colourer
closured11266352closured
clotured11246162clotured
clouded11348832c_louded
clouted104212162c_louted
collared113211142collared
colluded12296462colluded
cologned1237152cologned
colorbred1443952colorbred
coloreds1138092colo_reds
colorer9312522colo_rer
colour85915092colour__
colourers1136472colourers
colours95913442colour_s
colure8314162col_ure_
colures9315142col_ures
conjured18117902conjured
contoured1237302contoured
cultured1137232cultured
decoloured1443082decoloured
floured11289872_floured
honoured1236312honoured
loured74617402__loured

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059263.73632403.4
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.12243350.6
 
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