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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 “decolorize” 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.

39 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
decolorize225606(None) 
decolonize2245521decolonize
decolorized2445251decolorized
decolorizer2354591decolorizer
decolorizes2345881decolorizes
colorize192314202__colorize
decolonized2454822decolonized
decolonizes2345532decolonizes
decoloring1486312decoloring
decolorizers2453122decolorizers
deodorize2045272de_odorize
depolarize2246482depolarize
recolonize2145572recolonize
calorize192712733__calorize
colonize192312773__colonize
colorized212211773__colorized
colorizer202410623__colorizer
colorizes203014523__colorizes
decolor1087033decolor___
decolored1345663decolor_ed
decolorizing2555133decolorizing
decolors1187713decolor__s
decolouring1583433decolouring
deodorized2244893de_odorized
deodorizer2144183de_odorizer
deodorizes2145363de_odorizes
depolarized2455633depolarized
depolarizer2354803depolarizer
depolarizes2346383depolarizes
economize2245243_economize
geologize2046363ge_ologize
ideologize2143913ide_ologize
neologize1946963ne_ologize
recolonized2345153recolonized
recolonizes2245663recolonizes
recoloring1367583recoloring
repolarize2146183repolarize
revalorize2253613revalorize
secularize21167203secularize

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 Limit140603396.76620780.8
3Display Results39390.0301300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691397.20224811.3
 
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