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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 “could” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

117 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
could8651771(None) 
cauld85318441cauld
cold77338771co_ld
mould86015751mould
would95513151would
acold86214932aco_ld
auld54125362_auld
bold75432812bo_ld
boule74828042boule
bound84819582bound
caul65630002caul_
caulds95512382caulds
caulk115315452caulk
cauls75727772cauls
child114516222child
cloud86716422clou_d
clued84917682clued
coal66939252coal_
coala77521122coala
coaled95022712coaled
coals76129602coals
coaly105521592coaly
coble94823172coble
cod69660122co__d
coded95433182coded
coed77140542co_ed
coil66439652coil_
coiled95123942coiled
coils75030082coils
coked124730692coked
col59360352co_l_
cola66541392co_la
colds85726972co_lds
cole66956112co_le
coled85540762coled
colly104926772colly
cols66553082co_ls
colt67158242co_lt
coly96940532co_ly
coned86040052coned
cooed84534342cooed
cool66940492cool_
cooled95224592cooled
cools75632632cools
cooly105525422cooly
coped105036842coped
copula102812042copula
cord76740922co_rd
cored85044222cored
coted85033852coted
couch125320112couch
coude85022632coude
cough115819642cough
couldst1037042couldst
coulee8323512coulee
coulis84018762coulis
count74932052count
coup86729792cou_p
coupe96023482coupe
couped115019312couped
couple104415962couple
coupled124312672coupled
coups95522472coups
court75532772court
couth106122492couth
coved115027372coved
cowed115637852cowed
cowl97530812cowl_
cowled125218392cowled
cowls106922212cowls
coxed154322812coxed
coyed114623802coyed
coyly135614892coyly
crud75219612cru_d
cud67937452c_u_d
cued76329562c_ued
cull65929642c_ull
culm85822382c_ulm
cult66541152c_ult
curd77634982c_urd
doula65717772doula
fauld95214492fauld
fold86528942fo_ld
foul77027582foul_
fouled104315972fouled
fouls87221432fouls
found94917842found
gold65430162go_ld
gourd71011902gourd
hold86235062ho_ld
hound95016482hound
joule124918202joule
loud55228042lou_d
mold76034332mo_ld
moulds94910992moulds
mouldy12437412mouldy
moult74728722moult
mound83918312mound
oculi72010792oculi
old47033462_o_ld
oud47439072_ou_d
poult76928872poult
pound84417862pound
round64318432round
scold85414862sco_ld
should1038032should
sold54837412so_ld
soul46435712soul_
souled75419822souled
souls55127362souls
sound64420022sound
told56132202to_ld
woald94813072woald
wold85429072wo_ld
world96915362world
wound94414212wound
yauld95511182yauld

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001171.64032804.9
3Display Results1171170.0333545.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911171.96990752.2
 
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