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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 “discolouring” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

48 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
discolouring165264(None) 
discoloring1544741discolo_ring
decolouring1583432d_ecolouring
miscoloring1644262miscolo_ring
colouring1258733___colouring
decoloring1486313d_ecolo_ring
disclosing1446613disc_lo_sing
discolour1244173discolour___
discoloured1553303discolour_ed
discolours1343823discolour__s
discoursing1544853disc__oursing
discovering1845363disco_vering
disfavouring2051293disfavouring
dishonoring1653863dishono_ring
bescouring1584644besc__ouring
clouring112811274___c_louring
coloring11414854___colo_ring
desulfuring1651934des_ulfuring
disallowing1643284disallo_wing
disbosoming1752894disboso_ming
disclaiming1744324disc_laiming
discoing12511454disc__o__ing
discolor1146424discolo_r___
discolored1445624discolo_r_ed
discolors1246594discolo_r__s
discomfiting2153144discomfiting
discomforting2262614discomforting
discommoding2152564discommoding
discomposing2052834discomposing
disconcerting1954584disconcerting
disconfirming2262334disconfirming
discording1547664disc__ording
discounting1547444disco_unting
discouraging1753124discouraging
discrowning1843804disc_rowning
disfavoring1952574disfavo_ring
disfiguring1752484dis_figuring
dislodging1444404dis__lodging
disordering1444384dis_ordering
disploding1575874dis_plo_ding
displuming1644374dis_pl_uming
disrooting1247754disro_o_ting
dissolving1545114dissol__ving
disvaluing1574434disval_u_ing
miscomputing2152754miscomputing
miscooking1945004misco_o_king
recoloring1367584_recolo_ring
scouring112810854__sc__ouring

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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790487.82615945.6
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691488.25221654.3
 
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