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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 “dought” 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.

44 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
dought11491552(None) 
bought125115641bought
dough105217381dough_
doughs115912931doughs
doughty15436021doughty
doughy14499841doughy
drought12258881drought
fought135112401fought
nought104713971nought
ought95221541_ought
sought106315061sought
abought1346152abought
aught95120702_aught
bough115719312bough_
boughs125414372boughs
brought13308692brought
caught124911682caught
cough115819642cough_
coughs125514542coughs
dight104027002d_ight
doubt8720092dou_bt
douche124613222douche
doughnut1343562doughnut
draught12266982draught
droughts13245742droughts
droughty16304482droughty
lough95118482lough_
loughs105014772loughs
naught104312492naught
nougat74712652nougat
noughts11478082noughts
oughts104710182_oughts
rough97819442rough_
roughs105416222roughs
roughy137010862roughy
sough95320462sough_
soughs105115622soughs
taught104312232taught
thought14639142thought
tough97321992tough_
toughs105414992toughs
toughy135911082toughy
waught133811042waught
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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551442.67030918.0
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.04658664.1
 
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