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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 “stroud” 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.

41 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
stroud731038(None) 
shroud1038771shroud
strouds837801strouds
estrous7712532estrous
proud84615482_proud
sarod65325872saro_d
scrod85115072scro_d
serous65023562serous
shrouds1136022shrouds
sprout8419402sprout
steroid81314862steroid
stood65517712st_ood
stored75524212stored
stound7399902st_ound
stoup75517072st_oup
stour54916742st_our
stout57434052st_out
strand74514822strand
strobe84513812strobe
strode75215972strode
stroke105116172stroke
stroked124613622stroked
stroll6311602stroll
stroma84313072stroma
strong74914882strong
strook10410302strook
strop77422242stro_p
strops86220382strops
strove95014792strove
strow88920572stro_w
strowed115312142strowed
strown96812092strown
strows96718272strows
stroy87720392stro_y
stroyed114110862stroyed
stroys95914602stroys
strum75619452str_um
strut56030732str_ut
stud56220092st__ud
trod57627952_tro_d
trout57332572_trout

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.79629524.7
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691413.18556103.9
 
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