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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 “colossus” 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.

63 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
colossus104518(None) 
colobus11389372colo_bus
colonus94413442colo_nus
colossal1045552colossal
colosseum1342442colosseum
colosseums1451972colosseums
colossi935672coloss_i
colossuses1243012colossuses
celosias1048903celosias
chlorous1339223chlorous
classes94717943c_lasses
classis93712723c_lassis
clonus85212413c_lo_nus
closers94415323c_losers
closes85425593c_lo_ses
closets94611603c_losets
closeup11113433c_loseup
closeups12102803c_loseups
cohoshes1635883cohoshes
cohosts12398813coho_sts
colessee1098793colessee
colessees11146053colessees
colessor1045233colessor
colessors1145663colessors
coleus86818273col__eus
coleuses1039723coleuses
coliseum1244253coliseum
coliseums1342853coliseums
colobuses1346133colobuses
colognes11310603colognes
cologs96517353colo__gs
colonels104210453colonels
colones96124433colo_nes
colonics123711613colonics
colonies103620013colonies
colonises112814013colonises
colonists112512503colonists
colons86028683colo__ns
coloreds1138093coloreds
colorers10312183colorers
colorful1344413colorful
colorisms132810793colorisms
colorists112313593colorists
colors86622373colo__rs
colostrum13133713colostrum
colostrums14103103colostrums
colour85915093colo__ur
colours95913443colo_urs
comous10816503como__us
coulisses1145633coulisses
crosses94220793c_rosses
dolorous947843dolorous
flosses103411973_flosses
glossas8438193_glossas
glosses84014123_glosses
goloshes1236253goloshes
losses65925233__losses
molasses1037233molasses
opossum1153443_opossum
opossums1252383_opossums
poloists10910523poloists
soloists869153soloists
volosts1036563volo_sts

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162637.71618942.7
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691638.15521911.8
 
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