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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 “laugh” 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.

65 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
laugh9441437(None) 
faugh125712961faugh
haugh125114051haugh
laigh95515921laigh
laughs10489021laughs
lough95118481lough
saugh95318401saugh
waugh125411681waugh
aargh96314082aargh
aught95120702_aught
bough115719312bough
brugh115414292brugh
caught124911682caught
claught1335102claught
clough12539132clough
cough115819642cough
dough105217382dough
gauge76117902gauge
haughs13408562haughs
heugh125410922heugh
kiaugh1442812kiaugh
lag47862122la_g_
lags56546222la_gs
laich105920712laich
laighs10508802laighs
laith85722102laith
lakh114919952la_kh
lang56637372lang_
lanugo735572lanugo
larch105919792larch
large65325462large
largo65319782largo
lash76539652la_sh
latch104620462latch
lath76640382la_th
lauan55216792lauan
laud56527722lau_d
lauds65618482lauds
laughed1235892laughed
laugher1136602laugher
launch11368062launch
laura54116202laura
loughs105014772loughs
lug46138062l_ug_
luge55531642l_uge
lugs55233522l_ugs
lush75327692l_ush
naught104312492naught
plough12577562plough
pugh106619232_pugh
rough97819432rough
sangh95517452sangh
sauch104918772sauch
saughs104812052saughs
saughy13507462saughy
shaugh13287432shaugh
slough10539232slough
sough95320462sough
sugh86423442_sugh
taught104312222taught
teugh95511612teugh
tough97321982tough
ugh76520682__ugh
vugh117115722_vugh
waught133811042waught

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit53800652.10625546.1
3Display Results65650.0331969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691652.23579951.2
 
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