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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 “cloth” 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.

92 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
cloth10581754(None) 
clot66542421clot_
clothe114712991clothe
cloths115512481cloths
clots75627641clots
loth76132131_loth
sloth85019451sloth
azoth17389902azoth
blot65842322blot_
blotch13197142blotch
blots75626172blots
booth105522012booth
both96533432_both
broth106521092broth
chaloth15298602chaloth
cheth135013822cheth
chott103923932chott
clach124617822clach
clash106219032clash
cloak115214012cloak
cloche134312372cloche
clock134917982clock
clod76124612clo_d
clods85320862clods
clog76123242clo_g
clogs85519552clogs
clomb115714702clomb
clomp115615702clomp
clon66232482clo_n
clone75728162clone
clonk114417442clonk
clons75228132clons
cloot76127052cloot
cloots85113692cloots
clop86929892clo_p
clops95924852clops
close76425222close
clothed134010282clothed
clothes124513812clothes
clotty11208262clotty
cloud86716422cloud
clough12539132clough
clour76617282clour
clout75330462clout
clouts87017202clouts
clove105619442clove
clown105214732clown
cloy96623832clo_y
cloys104916942cloys
cloze165517542cloze
clutch13367752clutch
colt67158242colt_
colts76633292colts
cooch124916832cooch
coolth1139512coolth
coot67860382coot_
coots75636842coots
cosh96127622c_osh
cot510483222c_ot_
cote66648732c_ote
cots68054842c_ots
couth106122492couth
crotch133410082crotch
crwth1337482crwth
doth86225712_doth
flota85315642flota
froth115919282froth
goth86825082_goth
lath76640382_lath
loath84918602_loath
loch95527132_loch
lot38179262_lot_
lota47233502_lota
lotah85315852_lotah
loti46431842_loti
lots47652092_lots
moth96731332_moth
plot66141232plot_
plots75025672plots
plotz164617002plotz
quoth173310352quoth
slosh84514482slosh
slot46049832slot_
sloths94911892sloths
slots54830532slots
sooth85924062sooth
soth75932522_soth
tooth88020182tooth
troth85622202troth
wroth116815882wroth
zlote143912942zlote
zloty17399792zloty

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800921.84329191.5
3Display Results92920.0501840.0
 (SQL Overall)178691922.20381112.6
 
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