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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 “colonially” 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.

28 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
colonially154669(None) 
clonally1346692c_lon_ally
colonial10411342colonia_l_
colonials1147902colonia_ls
colossally1552892colossally
coronally1448412coron_ally
calorically1847773calorically
canonically1847623canonically
chronically2147803chronically
clinally1347233c_lin_ally
clinically1747073c_linically
coaxially21144573co_axially
collegially1753413collegially
colloidally1752643colloidally
colloquially2691963colloquially
colonelcy1642863colon_elcy
colonialism1565433colonialism
colonialist1376723colonialist
colonialize2254623colonialize
colorably1646153colo_rably
colorfully1852993colorfully
congenially1755903congenially
conically16312813c__onically
cordially1547473co_rdially
cranially1447893c_ranially
cyclonically2164983cyclonically
ecologically2067723ecologically
moronically1849103moronically

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603286.12622951.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.56227231.2
 
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