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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 “shaugh” 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.

31 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
shaugh1328743(None) 
haugh125114051_haugh
saugh95318401s_augh
shaughs14245281shaughs
sheugh13295881sheugh
chough15699252chough
faugh125712962_faugh
haughs13408562_haughs
heugh125410922_heugh
kiaugh1442812kiaugh
laugh94414372_laugh
sangh95517452s_angh
sauch104918772s_auch
saughs104812052s_aughs
saughy13507462s_aughy
shag86430562sha_g_
shaggy14478042shaggy
shags95123862sha_gs
shah105627782sha__h
shaul85418102shau_l
shauls94913112shauls
sheuch14267042sheuch
sheughs14264532sheughs
shrug94512512shrug_
shrugs10469162shrugs
shush113812542sh_ush
slough10539232slough
sough95320462s_ough
sugh86423442s__ugh
though139410782though
waugh125411682_waugh

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.51632810.4
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.85962501.2
 
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