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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 “recolonized” 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.

29 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
recolonized234515(None) 
decolonized2454821decolonized
recolonize2145571recolonize_
recolonizes2245661recolonizes
colonized212710432__colonized
decolonize2245522decolonize_
decolonizes2345532decolonizes
decolorized2445252decolorized
recognized2345252reco_gnized
colonised12248723__colonised
colonize192312773__colonize_
colonizer20309283__colonizer
colonizes202613183__colonizes
colorized212211773__colorized
decolorize2256063decolorize_
decolorizer2354593decolorizer
decolorizes2345883decolorizes
economized2444453_economized
geologized2245413ge_ologized
neologized2145753ne_ologized
preconized2467143prec__onized
recognised1444123reco_gnised
recognize2145673reco_gnize_
recognizer2254453reco_gnizer
recognizes2255573reco_gnizes
recolonizing2455363recolonizing
recolored1246853recolo__red
repolarized2345293repolarized
revalorized2453223revalorized

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121633295.34322764.9
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691295.73231174.3
 
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