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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 “aught” 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.

62 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
aught9512070(None) 
aughts104710241aughts
caught124911681caught
naught104312491naught
ought95221541ought
taught104312231taught
waught133811041waught
abought1346152abought
agha87417302a_gha
alight103816862alight
angst6415492angst
argot67728652argot
aright103817662aright
audit62527882audit
auger64922472auger
augite7312612augite
augur64311212augur
august739202august
aunt46553652au_nt
bight118728842bight
bought125115642bought
claught1335102claught
dight104027002dight
dought114915522dought
draught12266982draught
eight94928052eight
faugh125712962faugh_
fight124027092fight
fought135112402fought
fraught14266362fraught
haugh125114052haugh_
haughs13408562haughs
haughty17334642haughty
hight125327232hight
laugh94414372laugh_
laughs10489022laughs
light94429602light
might113827082might
naughts11447512naughts
naughty14445622naughty
night94327852night
nought104713972nought
oughts104710182oughts
paughty16294322paughty
pugh106619232pugh_
right94430502right
saugh95318402saugh_
saughs104812052saughs
saughy13507462saughy
sight94629292sight
sought106315062sought
sugh86423442sugh_
sughs95313322sughs
tight93626502tight
ugh76520682_ugh_
ughs85410972_ughs
vugh117115722vugh_
vughs12678742vughs
waucht14399412waucht
waugh125411682waugh_
waughts14355962waughts
wight123725572wight

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800621.65632487.9
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691621.98590020.7
 
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