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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 “cauld” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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85 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
cauld8531844(None) 
auld54125361_auld
caul65630001caul_
caulds95512381caulds
caulk115315451caulk
cauls75727771cauls
could86517711could
fauld95214491fauld
yauld95511181yauld
acold86214932acold
bald76432902ba_ld
baud74928422bau_d
baulk114914332baulk
cable95329912cable
cabled114819872cabled
cad67456362ca__d
caged95426362caged
caid77837532ca_id
caird85717232caird
caked126128622caked
calf96339562ca_lf
calk105527662ca_lk
call66838672ca_ll
calla74827072calla
called94126732called
calls75634732calls
calm85032362ca_lm
calo64936442ca_lo
calx135722792ca_lx
caned85838092caned
canid85526342canid
canula8312962canula
caped104931802caped
card710245872ca_rd
cared86050092cared
carl65144782carl_
carle74535702carle
carls77037422carls
cased86032412cased
caudad10157672caudad
caudle93912912caudle
caules85927252caules
caulis85320082caulis
caulked14486672caulked
caulks125611862caulks
cause75225352cause
caused95117042caused
caved116227562caved
cawed116627062cawed
child114516222child
clued84917682clued
cold77338772c_old
crud75219612cru_d
cud67937452c_u_d
cued76329562c_ued
cull65929642c_ull
culm85822382c_ulm
cult66541152c_ult
curd77634982c_urd
faulds10438962faulds
fault85428312fault
gaud67025432gau_d
gault65128482gault
haul75530452haul_
hauled104415212hauled
haulm104415412haulm
hauls86123732hauls
laud56527722lau_d
maud75325402mau_d
maul64830722maul_
mauled94817822mauled
mauls76524952mauls
maund85515452maund
mould86015752mould
saul45836522saul_
sauls55128122sauls
sault55834962sault
scald84818122sca_ld
vault85823762vault
waul76927312waul_
wauled104713962wauled
wauls86120552wauls
would95513152would
yald86920612ya_ld
yaud87020082yau_d

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.45037103.4
3Display Results85850.0332575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691851.79699493.9
 
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