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

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

21 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
tricolour1111407(None) 
tricolor10115831tricolo_r
tricolours12133961tricolours
bicolour1243692_bicolour
tricolors11125802tricolors
bicolor1145613_bicolo_r
bicolours1343363_bicolours
colour85915093___colour
decolour1185013_decolour
discolour1244173discolour
frivolous1553163frivolous
recolor978693_recolo_r
terricolous1352413terricolous
tribology1545123tribology
trichology1944843trichology
tricklier15256823tricklier
tricolored1373633tricolored
trifolium1443243trifolium
trigonous1045303trigonous
trimotor1044813trimoto_r
unicolor1043493unicolo_r

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641217.61019532.3
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691218.06222164.6