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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 “clouds” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

71 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
clouds9461235(None) 
clods85320861clo_ds
cloud86716421cloud_
cloudy12517801cloudy
clours85215091clours
clouts87017201clouts
almuds9378772almuds
aloud65018072aloud_
beclouds1345372beclouds
blonds95213342blonds
bloods94614842bloods
chords125214632chords
clads85722732cl_ads
cloaks124411262cloaks
clocks144916232clocks
clod76124612clo_d_
cloddy13405232cloddy
clogs85519552clo_gs
clomps125212232clomps
clones84526562clones
clonks125013472clonks
clons75228132clo_ns
clonus85212412clonus
cloots85113692cloots
clops95924852clo_ps
cloques18268562cloques
closes85425592closes
cloths115512482cloths
clots75627642clo_ts
clouded11348832clouded
clough12539132clough
cloughs13517052cloughs
clour76617282clou_r
clout75330462clou_t
cloves114918822cloves
clowns114810112clowns
cloys104916942clo_ys
clozes174915562clozes
clubs95415102cl_ubs
clues74623032cl_ues
cods76848102c_o_ds
coeds85920162c_oeds
colds85726972c_olds
colours95913442colours
cords86030622c_ords
coude85022632c_oude
coups95522472c_oups
croups104312552croups
crowds124910762crowds
cruds85815852c_ruds
cuds76730472c__uds
floods104511652floods
flours94414052flours
flouts94315272flouts
glouts74414712glouts
lauds65618482_lauds
leuds66214812_leuds
loads65323372_loads
loids66220702_loids
lords64923502_lords
loud55228042_loud_
louis57322322_louis
loups75319622_loups
lours55125292_lours
louts56330272_louts
ouds56430102__ouds
plods85719292plo_ds
sloids73712692sloids
slojds14345472slojds
sloyds10346292sloyds
unclouds1144882unclouds

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551712.19037694.5
3Display Results71710.0135461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691712.55969828.4
 
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