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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 “cloudy” 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.

29 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
cloudy1251780(None) 
cloddy13405231cloddy
cloud86716421cloud_
clouds94612351clouds
aloud65018072aloud_
bloody124710172bloody
blousy11459122blousy
clod76124612clo_d_
clods85320862clo_ds
cloggy1344872cloggy
clotty11208262clotty
clouded11348832clouded
cloudily1444282cloudily
clough12539132clough
clour76617282clou_r
clours85215092clours
clout75330462clou_t
clouts87017202clouts
cloy96623832clo__y
coude85022632c_oude
croupy13458732croupy
crowdy15467172crowdy
floury12449572floury
loud55228042_loud_
loudly1037782_loudly
loury85716752_loury
lousy84617082_lousy
ploidy1237482ploidy
uncloudy1443012uncloudy

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.673265514.1
2DLD Change Limit82551294.93616724.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691295.62531767.3
 
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