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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 “recolonize” 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.

30 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
recolonize214557(None) 
decolonize2245521decolonize
recolonized2345151recolonized
recolonizes2245661recolonizes
colonize192312772__colonize
decolonized2454822decolonized
decolonizes2345532decolonizes
decolorize2256062decolorize
recognize2145672reco_gnize
colonise102514283__colonise
colonized212710433__colonized
colonizer20309283__colonizer
colonizes202613183__colonizes
colorize192314203__colorize
decolorized2445253decolorized
decolorizer2354593decolorizer
decolorizes2345883decolorizes
economize2245243_economize
geologize2046363ge_ologize
neologize1946963ne_ologize
precolonial1554253precolonial
preconize2268633prec__onize
recognise1245303reco_gnise
recognized2345253reco_gnized
recognizer2254453reco_gnizer
recognizes2255573reco_gnizes
recolonizing2455363recolonizing
recoloring1367583recoloring
repolarize2146183repolarize
revalorize2253613revalorize

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 Filter1786911406030.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit140603306.65621124.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.13825033.8
 
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