Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “clangours” 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.

45 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
clangours1226312(None) 
clangors11417001clango_rs
clangour11293801clangour_
candours11408642c_andours
clamours1255992cla_mours
clangers114312342clang_ers
clangor10426682clango_r_
clangoured1441622clangoured
languors976152_languors
langurs889102_lang_urs
candors104216763c_ando_rs
candour104210243c_andour_
cangues10611823c_ang_ues
canoers94318373c_an_oers
cantors94620753c_anto_rs
changers144313203chang_ers
changeups1742183changeups
chantors133710263chanto_rs
clamors11710093cla_mo_rs
clamour1196333cla_mour_
clanger104113493clang_er_
clangored1343653clangored
clangorous1353313clangorous
clangouring1552073clangouring
clangs95113613clang___s
claqueurs20262063claqueurs
clingers113810663cling_ers
clours85215093cl___ours
concours1239473c_oncours
congous103615083c_ongou_s
contours1039653c_ontours
crankous1435973crankou_s
flaneurs1133953flan_eurs
flangers123311373flang_ers
flavours1434693fla_vours
glamours1184733gla_mours
hangouts1236183_hangouts
labours9349893_la_bours
langues81211913_lang_ues
languor895423_languor_
langur7109303_lang_ur_
pandours11317993_pandours
playgoers1543193playgoers
rancours1076713_rancours
santours837183_santours

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641456.95321378.0
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.40524131.1
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.