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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 “couples” 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.

60 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
couples11531705(None) 
coupes105022521coup_es
couple104415961couple_
coupled124312671coupled
coupler114713011coupler
couplers123311321couplers
couplet114717941couplet
couplets12389871couplets
boucles113113002boucles
boules84925972bou_les
boulles93114122boulles
caudles103912812caudles
caules85927252cau_les
cobbles133814822cobbles
cobles104622882co_bles
cockles153414642cockles
coddles114213592coddles
coffles152610002coffles
coles76055062co__les
compels133210892compels
compiles14311982compiles
complex2037242complex
complies14314522complies
copes97747102co_p_es
copies104130302co_pies
copses104922472co_pses
copulas113811562copulas
corpses113913802corpses
couches144020472couches
coulee8323512cou_lee
coulees9315512coulees
coulis84018762cou_lis
coupe96023482coup_e_
couped115019312coup_ed
coupons112710562coupons
coups95522472coup__s
courses94218892courses
cowpies143314282cowpies
croupes114613102croup_es
crumples14348812crumples
cupels10310202c_upels
cupules113210262c_upules
decouples14104942decouples
doubles103113352doubles
hopples142810712hopples
joules134116822jou_les
loupes84918052loup_es
nonuples1056532nonuples
octuples1244132octuples
ouphes113614632_ouphes
popples103011872popples
recouples13116822recouples
roubles93413512roubles
scruples1237432scruples
soupless10268462soupless
topples113111652topples
toupees938512toupees
tousles74113932tousles
touzles16359222touzles
uncouples1344812uncouples

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit107671603.00035890.3
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.74947663.6
 
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