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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 “odours” 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.

37 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
odours741825(None) 
odors64514281odo_rs
odour64710491odour_
amours83512662amours
ardours8368882ardours
clours85215092clours
colours95913442colours
doers65225712_doers
dolours8438822dolours
doors65022132_doors
dorrs65520592_dorrs
dors56747602_do_rs
doums85417642_doums
dour56330432_dour_
doura66518662_doura
douras75016722_douras
flours94414052flours
fours85521492_fours
honours10339372honours
hours85422392_hours
iodous7311502iodou_s
lours55125292_lours
nodous7711332nodou_s
occurs10136552occurs
odeums9367312odeums
odious749932odiou_s
odiums9337942odiums
odor55718092odo_r_
ours47237562__ours
pours74623182_pours
scours84913592scours
sours55230502_sours
stours65015632stours
tours55325892_tours
vodouns1134762vodouns
vodous1038602vodou_s
yours85217882_yours

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551372.17337989.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.51571050.1
 
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