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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 “coloring” 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.

33 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
coloring1141484(None) 
colorings1247681colorings
colouring1258731colouring
chlorin123113002chlorin_
chlorine133013302chlorine
chlorins132612882chlorins
choring133617662c_horing
cloning103215472c_loning
closing103114842c_losing
clouring112811272clouring
cloying133511752c_loying
cohering142413832cohering
collaring12310542collaring
collying14319542collying
colorant10414722colorant
colorism122112432colorism
colorist102818992colorist
colorize192314202colorize
colorizing2249632colorizing
cooing94024922co_o_ing
cooking143818972co_oking
cooling103422572co_oling
cooping123918932co_oping
coring94433962c__oring
covering142215722covering
cowering142514032cowering
decoloring1486312decoloring
flooring12259882flooring
honoring12310472honoring
mooring102514442mo_oring
motoring11410952motoring
recoloring1367582recoloring
soloing82813802solo_ing

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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059333.81031774.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.95345203.9
 
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