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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 “roughhewing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
roughhewing225101(None) 
roughening1543392roug_hening
roughhewn1951642roughhew_n_
roughdrying205733roughdrying
roughhew1842873roughhew___
roughhewed2151603roughhew_ed
roughhews1942193roughhew__s
roughhousing206843roughhousing
roughing13278343roug_h__ing
roughnecking2361073roughnecking
toughening1542913toug_hening
coughing15309214coug_h__ing
oughting1335954_oug_h_ting
rechewing1836494r__echewing
rogering10310274ro_g__ering
rogueing1054314ro_g_ue_ing
roughcasting1910844roughcasting
roughen11338834roug_he__n_
roughens12286894roug_he__ns
roughleg1343404roughle___g
rouging93114704roug____ing
soughing13259734soug_h__ing
toughing13278554toug_h__ing
vouchering1943654vou_chering
youthening1743724you_thening

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819258.96616598.1
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691259.38919032.0
 
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