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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 “scalds” 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
scalds9481369(None) 
scads85419961sca_ds
scald84818121scald_
scales84529311scales
scalls84218201scalls
scalps104315231scalps
scolds95011231scolds
skalds11437831skalds
balds85524642_balds
cads76144522_ca_ds
caids85226422_caids
calfs104919382_calfs
calks115421602_calks
calls75634732_calls
calms95222352_calms
calos74431902_calos
cards85137932_cards
caulds95512382_caulds
clads85722732_clads
colds85726972_colds
saids65328852s_aids
salads75316962s_alads
sales56055592s_ales
salps74423242s_alps
sals46851672s_al_s
salts55431882s_alts
sands65228582s_ands
sards64736182s_ards
scabs94818642sca_bs
scad75725772sca_d_
scags85520972sca_gs
scalade10359262scalade
scalades11258802scalades
scalado10276472scalado
scalados11276082scalados
scalar83612432scalar
scalars93711902scalars
scalded11409762scalded
scaldic1235942scaldic
scale74629142scal_e
scaled94822442scaled
scaler84321602scaler
scalers93817262scalers
scall74420372scal_l
scalp95217982scal_p
scaly104718722scal_y
scamps125014172scamps
scams94423972sca_ms
scans74625102sca_ns
scants85219722scants
scapes105122262scapes
scares85033002scares
scarfs114714682scarfs
scarps104718602scarps
scars75433532sca_rs
scarts85321492scarts
scats75930602sca_ts
scatts85914662scatts
scaups105411932scaups
scaurs85512052scaurs
scends95213002scends
scold85414862scold_
scrods94111612scrods
scuds85116242sc_uds
sculks123610262sculks
sculls84613882sculls
sculps104611752sculps
seals54839692seal_s
shads95124482sha_ds
shales94731252shales
shards104319172shards
sialids839722sialids
sials54227242sial_s
silds65520522s_ilds
skald104210172skald_
smalls84514122smalls
smalts85214892smalts
spales84728102spales
spalls84217342spalls
stales65538292stales
stalks104614552stalks
stalls64019932stalls
stands75118052stands
swales93920762swales
swards105415132swards
wealds10459102wealds
woalds10427582woalds

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551872.23336968.7
3Display Results87870.0302900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691872.59368912.8
 
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