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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 “drought” 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.

29 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
drought1225888(None) 
brought13308691brought
dought114915521d_ought
draught12266981draught
droughts13245741droughts
droughty16304481droughty
wrought14276931wrought
abought1346152abought
bought125115642_bought
dough105217382d_ough_
doughs115912932d_oughs
doughty15436022d_oughty
doughy14499842d_oughy
draughts13284752draughts
draughty16233522draughty
drouth104410102drouth_
drouths11436482drouths
drouthy14395172drouthy
fought135112402_fought
fraught14266362fraught
nought104713972_nought
ought95221542__ought
rough97819442_rough_
roughs105416222_roughs
roughy137010862_roughy
sought106315062_sought
thought14639142thought
trough108512032trough_
troughs11698692troughs

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671293.34332207.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.73247880.8
 
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