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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcolloquialism” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 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
colloquialism267206(None) 
colloquialisms2771761colloquialisms
colloquiality2761762colloquiality
colloquials2252392colloquial_s_
colloquial2153073colloquial___
colloquially2691953colloquial_ly
colonialism1565433co_lo_nialism
colloquia2053394colloquia____
colloquialities2671884colloquialities
colloquies2144094colloqui__es_
colloquist2154214colloqu___ist
colloquists2253004colloqui_sts_
colloquium2352534colloqu___ium
colloquiums2452084colloqui_ums_
colonialisms1674754co_lo_nialisms
colonialist1376724co_lo_nialist

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 Filter178691950240.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit95024164.86019552.3
3Display Results16160.0131230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691165.27933849.4