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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 “discoloring” 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.

27 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
discoloring154474(None) 
discolouring1652641discolouring
miscoloring1644261miscoloring
decoloring1486312d_ecoloring
disclosing1446612disc_losing
discovering1845362discovering
dishonoring1653862dishonoring
coloring11414843___coloring
decolouring1583433d_ecolouring
disallowing1643283disallowing
disbosoming1752893disbosoming
discoing12511453disc__o_ing
discolor1146423discolor___
discolored1445623discolor_ed
discolors1246593discolor__s
discomforting2262613discomforting
discommoding2152563discommoding
discomposing2052833discomposing
discording1547663disco_rding
discounting1547443discounting
discoursing1544853discoursing
disfavoring1952573disfavoring
disploding1575873dis_ploding
disrooting1247743disro_oting
dissolving1545113dissol_ving
miscooking1945003misco_oking
recoloring1367583_recoloring

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633275.15623590.6
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.31233639.1
 
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