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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 “colonises” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
colonises11281401(None) 
colonies103620011coloni_es
colonise102514281colonise_
colonised12248721colonised
colonists112512501colonists
colonizes202613181colonizes
canonises11410802canonises
clonisms1237792c_lonisms
clonuses1057132c_lonuses
cognises11610042co_gnises
colitises11311742colitises
collinses1138282collinses
colobuses1346132colobuses
colones96124432colon__es
colonials1147902colonials
colonics123711612coloni_cs
colonist102617932colonis_t
colonitis1148762colonitis
colonitises1345622colonitises
colonize192312772colonize_
colonized212710432colonized
colonizer20309282colonizer
colonizers21286722colonizers
colorisms132810792colorisms
colorists112313592colorists
colorizes203014522colorizes
ozonises1776372_ozonises
polonaises1245722polonaises

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911214360.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121436283.33036467.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691283.71948048.1
 
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