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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 “bought” 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.

51 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
bought12511564(None) 
abought1346151abought
bough115719311bough_
boughs125414371boughs
brought13308691brought
dought114915521dought
fought135112401fought
nought104713971nought
ought95221541_ought
sought106315061sought
aught95120702_aught
besought1454002besought
bight118728842b_ight
blight124114622blight
borsht11813502borsht
boughed143810262boughed
boughpot1643502boughpot
boughten1444192boughten
bougie93613272bougie
bout66353292bou__t
bright124215922bright
brugh115414292brugh_
brughs12509062brughs
caught124911682caught
cough115819642cough_
coughs125514542coughs
dough105217382dough_
doughs115912932doughs
doughty15436022doughty
doughy14499842doughy
drought12258882drought
lough95118482lough_
loughs105014772loughs
naught104312492naught
nougat74712652nougat
noughts11478082noughts
oughts104710182_oughts
rebought1474402rebought
rough97819442rough_
roughs105416222roughs
roughy137010862roughy
sough95320462sough_
soughs105115622soughs
taught104312242taught
thought14639142thought
tough97321992tough_
toughs105414992toughs
toughy135911082toughy
unbought1443772unbought
waught133811042waught
wrought14276932wrought

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit82551514.50018344.7
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691515.26333952.3
 
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