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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 “drouth” 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.

42 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
drouth10441010(None) 
drouths11436481drouths
drouthy14395171drouthy
routh86423071_routh
broth106521092bro_th
couth106122492_couth
crouch133910202crouch
croute84617272croute
doeth9411982d_oeth
doth86225712d_o_th
dough105217382d_ough
droit65127122droit_
droits74314312droits
dropt86924432dropt_
drought12258872drought
drouk1039432drou_k
drouks1137122drouks
froth115919282fro_th
grouch12318472grouch
grout65330422grout_
grouts75015612grouts
grouty104710982grouty
growth1377382growth
mouth105420292_mouth
rough97819432_rough
rout46153282_rout_
route55132072_route
rouths95416822_rouths
routs57133412_routs
rowth115713232_rowth
ruth76825992_r_uth
scouth115011152scouth
south85223572_south
troth85622202tro_th
trough108512022trough
trout57332572trout_
trouts66116632trouts
trouty95211792trouty
trowth1277882trowth
truth85214152tr_uth
wroth116815882wro_th
youth115315042_youth

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551424.58018024.2
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691424.68638132.9
 
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