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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 “naught” 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.

35 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
naught10431249(None) 
aught95120701_aught
caught124911681caught
naughts11447511naughts
naughty14445621naughty
nought104713971nought
taught104312231taught
waught133811041waught
aughts104710242_aughts
bought125115642bought
claught1335102claught
dought114915522dought
draught12266982draught
faugh125712962faugh_
fought135112402fought
fraught14266362fraught
haugh125114052haugh_
haughs13408562haughs
haughty17334642haughty
laugh94414372laugh_
laughs10489022laughs
night94327852n_ight
nougat74712652nougat
noughts11478082noughts
ought95221542_ought
paughty16294322paughty
saugh95318402saugh_
saughs104812052saughs
saughy13507462saughy
sought106315062sought
uncaught1443622uncaught
untaught1243732untaught
waucht14399412waucht
waugh125411682waugh_
waughts14355962waughts

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 Filter178691825510.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit82551352.95327955.0
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.35953197.7
 
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