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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 “cloud” 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.

85 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
cloud8671642(None) 
aloud65018071aloud
clod76124611clo_d
clouds94612351clouds
cloudy12517801cloudy
clour76617281clour
clout75330461clout
loud55228041_loud
almud84012182almud
becloud1246292becloud
blond85618372blond
blood85319522blood
chord115917262chord
clad76225822cl_ad
cloak115214012cloak
clock134917982clock
cloddy13405232cloddy
clods85320862clods
clog76123242clo_g
clogs85519552clogs
clomb115714702clomb
clomp115615702clomp
clon66232482clo_n
clone75728162clone
cloned94518802cloned
clonk114417442clonk
clons75228132clons
clonus85212412clonus
cloot76127052cloot
clop86929892clo_p
clops95924852clops
cloque17288742cloque
close76425222close
closed95317962closed
clot66542422clo_t
cloth105817542cloth
clots75627642clots
clouded11348832clouded
clough12539132clough
cloured103111542cloured
clours85215092clours
clouted104212162clouted
clouts87017202clouts
clove105619442clove
clown105214732clown
cloy96623832clo_y
cloyed125111562cloyed
cloys104916942cloys
cloze165517542cloze
club85819472cl_ub
clue65324532cl_ue
clued84917682clued
cod69660122c_o_d
coed77140542c_oed
cold77338772c_old
coled85540762coled
colour85915092colour
cooed84534342cooed
cord76740922c_ord
coude85022632c_oude
could86517712c_ould
coup86729792c_oup
croup95616782croup
crowd115815622crowd
crud75219612c_rud
cud67937452c__ud
flood95215602flood
flour84916452flour
flout86226202flout
glout65925812glout
laud56527722_laud
leud57223422_leud
load56730602_load
loid55531492_loid
lord55032082_lord
loup66028432_loup
lour45430682_lour
lout45952142_lout
oud47439072__oud
plod76723272plo_d
proud84615482proud
sloid64619712sloid
slojd13378842slojd
sloyd9409682sloyd
uncloud1046432uncloud

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.71631352.0
3Display Results85850.0332575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691852.04587379.5
 
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