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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 “droughts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

95 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
droughts1324573(None) 
draughts13284751draughts
drought12258871drought_
droughty16304471droughty
brought13308682brought_
doughs115912932d_ough_s
dought114915512d_ought_
doughty15436022d_oughty
draught12266962draught_
draughty16233522draughty
drouths11436482drouth_s
fraughts15214242fraughts
noughts11478082_noughts
oughts104710182__oughts
roughs105416212_rough_s
thoughts15515602thoughts
troughs11698682trough_s
wrought14276922wrought_
abought1346143abought_
aughts104710243__aughts
boroughs1443793borough_s
boughs125414373_bough_s
bought125115633_bought_
brights133710233br_ights
brougham1642973brougham
broughams1742403broughams
brughs12509063br_ugh_s
choughs16576623chough_s
claughts1443383claughts
cloughs13517053clough_s
coughs125514543_cough_s
crouches153711293crouches
delights1347333delights
dights114016963d__ights
doubts968733d_ou_bts
douches134315233d_ouches
dough105217383d_ough__
doughnuts1442183d_oughnuts
doughy14499843d_ough_y
draughted1543693draughted
drogues9398393dro_gues
droits74314313dro__its
drongos935493drong_os
droplets1136063droplets
droplights1752603droplights
dropouts1145003dropouts
dropshots1543393dropshots
droughtier1542613droughtier
droughtiest1652343droughtiest
drouks1137123drou__ks
drouth104410103drou__th
drouthy14395173drouth_y
druggets11313913druggets
drugs75214653dr_ug__s
enoughs1144623enough_s
fought135112393_fought_
fraught14266353fraught_
freights1555853freights
frights14339623fr_ights
grouches14328213grouches
grouts75015613grou__ts
indraughts1551483indraughts
loughs105014773_lough_s
naughts11447513_naughts
nougats8427413_nougats
nought104713963_nought_
ought95221533__ought_
ploughs13526103plough_s
rights104019333_r_ights
rotguts833763_rotguts
rouches124217893_rouches
rouges76022383_roug_es
rough97819433_rough__
roughed124210943_roughed
roughen11338833_roughen
roughens12286893_roughens
rougher113511033_rougher
roughers12329183_roughers
roughest1238773_roughest
roughies1298323_roughies
roughish1545213_roughish
roughly14507293_roughly
roughy137010853_rough_y
rousts617016723_rou_sts
rouths95416823_routh_s
routs57133413_rou__ts
sloughs11497563slough_s
soughs105115623_sough_s
sought106315053_sought_
thought14639133thought_
toughs105414983_tough_s
trough108512023trough__
trouts66116633trou__ts
waughts14355963_waughts
wrights14318993wr_ights

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.843211970.3
2DLD Change Limit146162958.87316472.7
3Display Results95950.0332878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691959.74918329.2
 
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