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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 “discolours” 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
discolours134382(None) 
discolors1246591discolo_rs
discolour1244171discolour_
bicolours1343362bi_colours
decolours1274412d_ecolours
discolor1146422discolo_r_
discoloured1553302discoloured
miscolors1345862miscolo_rs
bicolors1256163bi_colo_rs
bicolour1243693bi_colour_
colours95913443___colours
decolors1187713d_ecolo_rs
decolour1185013d_ecolour_
disclosers1375193disclosers
discloses1249473disc_loses
disclosure1353223disclosure
disclosures1453103disclosures
discolored1445623discolored
discolouring1652643discolouring
discourse1246863disc__ourse
discovers1538153disco_vers
disfavours1751623disfavours
dishclouts1651923dishclouts
dishonors1345423dishono_rs
dissolvers1444643dissolvers
dolours8438823d___olours
miscolor1245603miscolo_r_
tricolours12133963tricolours

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.640279204.7
2DLD Change Limit140603286.81320637.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.46923924.4
 
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