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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 “colossal” 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.

40 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
colossal104556(None) 
colonial10411342colonial
colossally1552892colossally
colossi935672coloss_i
colossus1045192colossus
colostral1145502colostral
glossal8447052_glossal
carousal1056283carousal
celosia939463celosia_
celosias1048903celosias
chloral12169983chlo_ral
clausal936273c_lausal
cloacal1135163c_loacal
clonal8310913c_lo_nal
coastal9411043co_astal
coelostat1145673coelostat
coleslaw1343643coleslaw
colessee1098793colessee
colessor1045233colessor
colloidal1244913colloidal
cologs96517353cologs__
colonel94213283colo_nel
colonials1147913colonials
colons86028683colons__
colorful1344413colorful
colorman1247893colorman
colors86622373colors__
colorway1644493colorway
colosseum1342443colosseum
columnal1244413columnal
conoidal1149013conoidal
coronal94115763coro_nal
costal85419513c__ostal
crissal937413c_rissal
dossal75510303__dossal
glossa7529163_glossa_
glossae8477283_glossae
glossas8438193_glossas
isoglossal1151123isoglossal
loessal744393lo_essal

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162406.82621412.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.26524596.1
 
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