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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 “troughs” 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.

38 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
troughs1169869(None) 
roughs105416221_roughs
toughs105414991t_oughs
trough108512031trough_
boroughs1443802boroughs
boughs125414372_boughs
brought13308692brought
brughs12509062br_ughs
choughs16576632choughs
cloughs13517052cloughs
coughs125514542_coughs
doughs115912932_doughs
drought12258882drought
droughts13245742droughts
drouths11436482drouths
enoughs1144632enoughs
loughs105014772_loughs
ploughs13526102ploughs
rouges76022382_rouges
rough97819442_rough_
roughy137010862_roughy
rouths95416822_rouths
sloughs11497562sloughs
soughs105115622_soughs
though139410782though_
thought14639142thought
thoughts15515612thoughts
through141647522through_
tough97321992t_ough_
toughy135911082t_oughy
trogs67022602tro_g_s
troths95414152tro_ths
troupes94112852troupes
trouts66116632trou_ts
trowths1365022trowths
trugs65516802tr_ug_s
truths9449502tr_uths
wrought14276932wrought

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671383.40631612.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.81246875.9
 
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