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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcolostomy” 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.

18 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
colostomy164397(None) 
colotomy1545401colo_tomy
colectomy1854882colectomy
blossomy15113203_blossomy
coloboma1444353colo_boma
colophony1944613colophony
colostomies1555023colostomies
colostral1145503colostral
colostrum13133713colostrum
colostrums14103133colostrums
cyclostome19153363cyclostome
ileostomy1452463ileostomy
lobotomy1544063lobo_tomy
monosomy1586313monos_omy
monostome1396473monostome
ostomy1137833___ostomy
xylotomy2342393xylo_tomy
zootomy2154803zo_o_tomy

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641187.64319448.0
3Display Results18180.0131384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691188.07622126.2