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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 “scold” 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.

95 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
scold8541486(None) 
acold86214931acold
cold77338771_cold
scald84818121scald
scolds95011231scolds
sold54837411s_old
ahold94714252ahold
bold75432812_bold
clod76124612_clod
cod69660122_co_d
coed77140542_coed
col59360352_col_
cola66541392_cola
colds85726972_colds
cole66956112_cole
coled85540762_coled
cols66553082_cols
colt67158242_colt
coly96940532_coly
cord76740922_cord
could86517712_could
fold86528942_fold
gold65430162_gold
hold86235062_hold
mold76034332_mold
old47033462__old
scad75725772sc_ad
scalds94813692scalds
scale74629142scale
scaled94822442scaled
scall74420372scall
scalp95217982scalp
scaly104718722scaly
scend85516292scend
scoff134413342scoff
scolded11358862scolded
scolder103210342scolder
scolex1538242scolex
scone74621832scone
scoop95617162scoop
scoot75729152scoot
scop85925522sco_p
scope94821482scope
scoped115116652scoped
scops95820192scops
score75526742score
scored94621132scored
scorn75817452scorn
scot66242612sco_t
scots74025912scots
scour75315532scour
scout75031452scout
scow96021422sco_w
scowed124413832scowed
scowl1012012972scowl
scowled13398192scowled
scowls11549592scowls
scows106617802scows
scrod85115072scrod
scroll8310172scroll
scud76221282sc_ud
sculk115112462sculk
scull75315762scull
sculp95314842sculp
second9411152second
shod86225062sho_d
shoed95723012shoed
should1038032should
sild55030582s_ild
skald104210172skald
sloid64619712sloid
slojd13378842slojd
sloyd9409682sloyd
smolt74824162smolt
snood64616162snood
socle7419572socle
sod46053702s_o_d
sol37256622s_ol_
sola45541862s_ola
soldi65717202s_oldi
soldo67116562s_oldo
sole46053672s_ole
soled65835172s_oled
soli46637012s_oli
solid65025082s_olid
solo45538942s_olo
sols45448162s_ols
sord56237202s_ord
stole54928812stole
stoled74521592stoled
stolid74213182stolid
stood65517712stood
sword95214122sword
told56132202_told
wold85429072_wold

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 Filter178691538000.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit53800951.59333772.8
3Display Results95950.0165937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691951.96990752.2
 
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