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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 “southers” 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.

58 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
southers11421445(None) 
mouthers133811301mouthers
scouthers1445991scouthers
soothers113913431soothers
souters74422601sout_ers
souther104116301souther_
southern11438911southern
southerns12347211southerns
bothers124317752bo_thers
couchers153513862couchers
coughers14399962coughers
couters93827302cout_ers
couther123914632couther_
druthers1275792druthers
loathers113310442loathers
mothers123717622mo_thers
mouther123812812mouther_
northers1139332northers
others93918002_o_thers
outers64230172_out_ers
outhears11810392_outhears
pothers123818622po_thers
pouters94221872pout_ers
roughers12329182roughers
routers74822872rout_ers
scouters103411322scout_ers
scouther1356942scouther_
scutchers16175642scutchers
scutters103311022scutters
shouters113510622shout_ers
shushers14267052shushers
shutters113611352shutters
slathers113914782slathers
slithers114212952slithers
slouchers14185622slouchers
smithers13369792smithers
smoothers14206042smoothers
smothers13349932smothers
soother104215042soother_
soothes103917112soothe_s
sorters74221132sort_ers
sounders93214112sounders
souter64225922sout_er_
southeast1246792southeast
southed114313992southe_d
southerly1544182southerly
souths95216602south__s
spouters104011162spout_ers
sputters104012872sputters
stutters83210472stutters
sutlers73116972s_utlers
swathers144512082swathers
swithers144310532swithers
touchers133611212touchers
touters74018352tout_ers
vouchers16418622vouchers
wuthers133711522_wuthers
youthens1435382youthens

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059584.07629700.4
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691584.46839993.5
 
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