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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 “couple” 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.

59 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
couple10441596(None) 
coupe96023481coup_e
coupled124312671coupled
coupler114713011coupler
couples115317051couples
couplet114717941couplet
boucle103712782boucle
boule74828042bou_le
boulle84614612boulle
caudle93912912caudle
cobble123615262cobble
coble94823172co_ble
cockle143913572cockle
coddle104713852coddle
coffle14359042coffle
cole66956112co__le
compel124412892compel
compile13312442compile
complex2037242complex
comply152810382comply
cope86847382co_p_e
copse95623922co_pse
copula102812042copula
copulae112810612copulae
corpse104013402corpse
coude85022632cou_de
could86517712cou_ld
coulee8323502coulee
coup86729792coup__
couped115019312couped
coupes105022522coupes
couplers123311322couplers
couplets12389872couplets
coupon102810992coupon
coups95522472coup_s
course85117782course
cowpie133511512cowpie
croupe105114432croup_e
crumple13368362crumple
cupel9514302c_upel
cupule103410722c_upule
decouple13114872decouple
double94013992double
duple85315862_duple
hopple132910482hopple
joule124918202jou_le
loupe75319512loup_e
nonuple946152nonuple
octuple1153992octuple
ouphe104413262_ouphe
popple92710982popple
recouple12107122recouple
rouble83913312rouble
scruple1137192scruple
topple104411322topple
toupee8316132toupee
tousle64514652tousle
touzle15429002touzle
uncouple1245752uncouple

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551592.78029694.6
3Display Results59590.0331787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691592.92361132.7
 
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