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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 “populous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

68 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
populous124595(None) 
nodulous944732nodulous
patulous10116362patulous
populously1753782populously
acaulous1045923acaulous
angulous946223angulous
bibulous1244633bibulous
boubous1138693bo_ubous
copilots1255753copilots
copious11311963cop_ious
coplots11511593cop_lots
copulas113811563copul_as
crapulous1343963crapulous
cumulous1245273cumulous
emulous937343_emulous
fabulous1344853fabulous
hamulous1344923hamulous
loculus9296973locul_us
modulus10245333modul_us
nebulous1045093nebulous
nocuous946583nocu_ous
oculus8178393_ocul_us
orgulous944213orgulous
pappous1057463pap_pous
papules112411573papul_es
papulose1244533papulose
parlous9414293p_arlous
pendulous1243863pendulous
peplos101211543pep_lo_s
peplus10138343pep_l_us
perilous10310693perilous
petalous1058973petalous
pilous84717753__pilous
poaceous1267173poaceous
poilus82210573po_il_us
polos76129913po__lo_s
polypous1547983polypous
pomelos11218133pomelo_s
pompous1338063po_mpous
popedoms1545283popedoms
popeless1288473popeless
poplars113910333pop_lars
poplins11313153pop_lins
popples103011873poppl_es
populace14256253populace
populaces15195713populaces
popular11319563popul_ar
populate122812093populate
populates132710673populates
populism1446073populism
populisms1545193populisms
populist1248203populist
populists1345493populists
porous84419483po__rous
poults84613483po_ul_ts
poyous112911623po__yous
pulpous1177013__pulpous
pustulous1143433pustulous
ramulous1045883ramulous
sabulous1046123sabulous
sedulous946133sedulous
sepalous1047523sepalous
setulous846913setulous
soukous1136413so_ukous
spumous1135853_spumous
tubulous1045373tubulous
tumulous1045303tumulous
venulous1145713venulous

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162687.67319048.9
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691688.12321998.2
 
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