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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 “douche” 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.

51 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
douche12461322(None) 
douce85518421douc_e
douched144012111douched
douches134315231douches
louche115212661louche
rouche114714311rouche
touche114916171touche
boche124216952bo_che
bouchee143313542bouchee
boucle103712782boucle
couch125320112couch_
couched154115792couched
coucher144515852coucher
couches144020472couches
debouche16123772debouche
deuce84517492deuc_e
dolce85816682dolc_e
double94013992double
dough105217382dough_
doughs115912932doughs
dought114915512dought
doughy14499842doughy
douse66329722dou_se
duce76933502d_uc_e
duchy144310872d_uchy
gauche1238552gauche
gouache1335032gouache
mouch124715802mouch_
mouched153612592mouched
mouches143815962mouches
ouch95724632_ouch_
ouched124316932_ouched
ouches114322182_ouches
ouphe104413262_ouphe
pouch124617082pouch_
pouched153612772pouched
pouches144116742pouches
pouchy16538662pouchy
rotche114311982rotche
rouches124217892rouches
ruche104216762_ruche
touch106519392touch_
touched134914962touched
toucher124814352toucher
touches125118342touches
touchy145010502touchy
vouch134611902vouch_
vouched163910562vouched
vouchee153411262vouchee
voucher154110262voucher
vouches153914112vouches

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551512.45633612.0
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691512.79563932.4
 
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