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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 “frothy” 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.

36 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
frothy1557837(None) 
brothy14519621brothy
froth115919281froth_
froths125411441froths
bothy136713962_bothy
broth106521092broth_
broths115013922broths
drouthy14395172drouthy
filthy15356422filthy
footsy12587932footsy
footy115820532foot_y
forth116222672forth_
forty114824272fort_y
forwhy1834422forwhy
fretty1249222fretty
frith115922032frith_
friths124313582friths
froggy1434492froggy
frosh115713402frosh_
frosty124710632frosty
frothed14288782frothed
frother133110152frother
frothily1745302frothily
frouzy21395282frouzy
frowsy15498272frowsy
frowzy24485792frowzy
grotty10389832grotty
growthy1773282growthy
mothy136214552_mothy
toothy12529692toothy
trophy1438282trophy
troth85622202troth_
troths95414152troths
worthy15598802worthy
wrathy15377852wrathy
wroth116815882wroth_

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.57632046.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.95260532.2
 
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