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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 “doughs” 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.

68 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
doughs11591293(None) 
boughs125414371boughs
coughs125514541coughs
dough105217381dough_
dought114915521dought
doughy14499841doughy
loughs105014771loughs
roughs105416221roughs
soughs105115621soughs
toughs105414991toughs
bough115719312bough_
bought125115642bought
brughs12509062brughs
choughs16576632choughs
cloughs13517052cloughs
cough115819642cough_
couths115715412couths
dodges96119082dodges
doges75630162do_ges
dogs66440152do_g_s
dongas84914612dongas
dongs76525812dong_s
doubts968732doubts
douche124613222douche
douches134315232douches
doughty15436022doughty
doulas75114992doulas
doumas95314812doumas
doums85417642dou_ms
dourahs11487252dourahs
douras75016722douras
douses74928932douses
drought12258882drought
droughts13245742droughts
drouths11436482drouths
drugs75214652drug_s
dugs614832282d_ug_s
enoughs1144632enoughs
fought135112402fought
gouges86318692gouges
haughs13408562haughs
heughs13516902heughs
laughs10489022laughs
lough95118482lough_
mouths115214532mouths
nought104713972nought
noughts11478082noughts
ought95221542_ought
oughts104710182_oughts
ouphs104311272_ouphs
ploughs13526102ploughs
rouges76022382rouges
rough97819442rough_
roughy137010862roughy
rouths95416822rouths
saughs104812052saughs
sloughs11497562sloughs
sough95320462sough_
sought106315062sought
souths95216602souths
sughs95313322_sughs
tough97321992tough_
toughy135911082toughy
troughs11698692troughs
ughs85410972__ughs
vughs12678742_vughs
yoghs125410592yo_ghs
youths124510042youths

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551682.65631080.9
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691683.02958993.4
 
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