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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 “gourd” 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.

87 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
gourd7101190(None) 
gourde8107931gourde
gourds8108251gourds
board85523002board
bound84819582bound
bourg84113842bourg
bourn75518482bourn
burd75534262_burd
cord76740922co_rd
could86517712could
court75532772court
curd77634982_curd
dour56330432dour_
doura66518662doura
ford86835492fo_rd
found94917842found
four76226862four_
fours85521492fours
gaud67025432gau_d
gaur56723352gaur_
gaurs66317992gaurs
gird65424992g_ird
glued75118362glued
goad66830982go_ad
god57449792go__d
goer56827102goer_
goers65520252goers
gold65430162go_ld
gonad75216052gonad
good66531802go_od
gor47848262go_r_
gore55744962go_re
gored75227082gored
gorm75529392go_rm
gorp75625902go_rp
gory86129662go_ry
gouge78220062gouge
gouged96214592gouged
gourdes9109382gourdes
gout56646002gou_t
gouts64826172gouts
gouty95217362gouty
gowd96519982go_wd
ground82310272ground
guard74415542guard
guid66022822g_uid
guru54623912g_uru
hoard94918312hoard
hound95016482hound
hour75827312hour_
houri85915252houri
hours85422392hours
lord55032082lo_rd
loud55228042lou_d
lour45430682lour_
loured74617402loured
lours55125292lours
loury85716752loury
mould86015752mould
mound83918312mound
mourn77215012mourn
nurd56224342_nurd
oud47439072_ou_d
our36042892_our_
ours47237562_ours
pound84417862pound
pour611527472pour_
poured95116742poured
pours74623182pours
round64318432round
sord56237202so_rd
sound64420022sound
sour45935892sour_
soured74921862soured
sours55230502sours
surd56433812_surd
tour45530382tour_
toured74216152toured
tours55325892tours
turd56027622_turd
urd46427052__urd
word89832002wo_rd
would95513152would
wound94414212wound
your78623432your_
yourn87512772yourn
yours85217882yours

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800871.40638264.6
3Display Results87870.0165437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691871.748102226.0
 
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