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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 “decolonize” 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.

30 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
decolonize224552(None) 
decolonized2454821decolonized
decolonizes2345531decolonizes
decolorize2256061decolorize
recolonize2145571recolonize
colonize192312772__colonize
decolorized2445252decolorized
decolorizer2354592decolorizer
decolorizes2345882decolorizes
recolonized2345152recolonized
recolonizes2245662recolonizes
colonise102514283__colonise
colonized212710433__colonized
colonizer20309283__colonizer
colonizes202613183__colonizes
colorize192314203__colorize
decarbonize2553473decarbonize
decolonizing2585073decolonizing
decoloring1486313decoloring
decolorizers2453123decolorizers
deionize1858683de__ionize
demonize20311533de__monize
deodorize2045273de_odorize
depolarize2246483depolarize
desalinize2044323desalinize
economize2245243_economize
geologize2046363ge_ologize
ideologize2143913ide_ologize
neologize1946963ne_ologize
recognize2145673reco_gnize

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.59321326.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.01525472.7
 
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