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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 “droughty” 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.

56 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
droughty1630447(None) 
doughty15436021d_oughty
draughty16233521draughty
drought12258871drought_
droughts13245731droughts
brought13308682brought_
dought114915512d_ought_
doughy14499842d_ough_y
draught12266962draught_
draughts13284752draughts
drouthy14395172drouth_y
roughly14507292_roughly
roughy137010852_rough_y
wrought14276922wrought_
abought1346143abought_
bought125115633_bought_
brougham1642973brougham
dough105217383d_ough__
doughboy1842293d_oughboy
doughs115912933d_ough_s
doughtily1742373d_oughtily
draughted1543693draughted
droshky1841973dro_shky
droughtier1542613droughtier
drouth104410103drou__th
drouths11436483drouth_s
druggy12344743dr_ug_gy
fought135112393_fought_
fraught14266353fraught_
fraughts15214243fraughts
grouchy16294243grouch_y
grouty104710983grou__ty
haughty17334643_haughty
naughty14445623_naughty
nought104713963_nought_
noughts11478083_noughts
ought95221533__ought_
oughts104710183__oughts
paughty16294323_paughty
righty135011833_r_ighty
rough97819433_rough__
roughdry1692543_roughdry
roughed124210943_roughed
roughen11338833_roughen
rougher113511033_rougher
roughs105416213_rough_s
sloughy14535803slough_y
sought106315053_sought_
thought14639133thought_
thoughts15515603thoughts
throughly1952433throughly
toughly14487433_toughly
toughy135911073_tough_y
trough108512023trough__
troughs11698683trough_s
trouty95211793trou__ty

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162567.56319325.9
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691567.99922339.2
 
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