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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 “decolour” 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.

41 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
decolour118501(None) 
decolor1087031decolo_r
decolours1274411decolours
bicolour1243692bicolour
colour85915092__colour
decolors1187712decolors
decoloured1443082decoloured
decorous1138852decorous
discolour1244172discolour
dolour75710132d__olour
ecotour944362_ecotour
recolor978692recolo_r
becloud1246293bec_loud
bicolor1145613bicolo_r
bicolours1343363bicolours
clour76617283__c_lour
color76123743__colo_r
colours95913443__colours
decalog1136003decalo_g
decalogs1245633decalogs
decalogue1343253decalogue
decoder113712293deco_der
decolored1345663decolored
decolouring1583433decolouring
decor84717573dec__o_r
decorum1246943deco_rum
decoyer13348683deco_yer
desulfur1242433desulfur
detour778193de__tour
devour1076703de__vour
discolor1146423discolo_r
discolours1343823discolours
dolor67617963d__olo_r
dolours8438823d__olours
ecology13218823_ecology
ecotours1044463_ecotours
oecology14227273oecology
recolors1078813recolors
recontour1143713recontour
tricolour11114073tricolour
velour9328763ve__lour

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162417.78318779.6
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691418.20221786.3
 
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