Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ploughers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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86 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ploughers	15	19	392	(None)
plougher	14	21	446	1	plougher_
coughers	14	39	996	2	_coughers
laughers	12	3	592	2	_laughers
ploughed	15	20	430	2	ploughe_d
ploughs	13	52	610	2	plough__s
pluggers	12	29	702	2	pl_uggers
roughers	12	32	918	2	_roughers
slouchers	14	18	562	2	slouchers
avouchers	17	4	308	3	avouchers
bloggers	12	39	740	3	blo_ggers
bluchers	15	35	903	3	bl_uchers
blushers	13	39	1129	3	bl_ushers
cloggers	12	43	728	3	clo_ggers
cloughs	13	51	705	3	clough__s
clouters	10	39	980	3	clou_ters
couchers	15	35	1386	3	_couchers
cougher	13	37	1173	3	_cougher_
eloigners	10	4	299	3	eloigners
floggers	13	38	786	3	flo_ggers
flounders	13	7	461	3	flounders
flouters	11	41	927	3	flou_ters
flushers	14	27	973	3	fl_ushers
gougers	9	49	1176	3	_goug_ers
laugher	11	3	660	3	_laugher_
laughters	13	4	459	3	_laughters
loathers	11	33	1044	3	_loathers
lodgers	9	51	1383	3	_lodg_ers
loggers	9	46	1613	3	_lo_ggers
longers	8	48	1954	3	_long_ers
loughs	10	50	1477	3	_lough__s
loungers	9	44	900	3	_loungers
louvers	10	35	910	3	_lou_vers
lugers	7	46	1702	3	_l_ug_ers
luggers	9	37	1348	3	_l_uggers
mouthers	13	38	1130	3	_mouthers
plaguers	11	28	650	3	pl_aguers
plashers	13	38	1345	3	pl_ashers
playgoers	15	4	319	3	playgoers
pleathers	14	4	645	3	pleathers
pledgers	12	38	764	3	pledg_ers
plighters	15	4	553	3	pl_ighters
plodders	12	3	552	3	plo_dders
plotters	10	40	1155	3	plo_tters
plough	12	57	756	3	plough___
ploughing	16	20	367	3	ploughing
plovers	12	36	1183	3	plo__vers
plowers	12	38	1224	3	plo__wers
pluckers	16	31	655	3	pl_uckers
plugger	11	37	843	3	pl_ugger_
plugless	11	3	386	3	pl_ugless
plumbers	14	41	851	3	pl_umbers
plumpers	14	35	729	3	pl_umpers
plunders	11	32	983	3	pl_unders
plungers	11	37	940	3	pl_ungers
plunkers	14	32	833	3	pl_unkers
plusher	12	40	1038	3	pl_usher_
plushes	12	43	1367	3	pl_ushe_s
poachers	15	29	1076	3	p_oachers
polishers	14	7	760	3	polishers
pothers	12	38	1862	3	p_o_thers
pouches	14	41	1674	3	p_ouche_s
poulters	10	39	1105	3	p_oulters
pouncers	12	34	920	3	p_ouncers
pounders	11	31	1328	3	p_ounders
pourers	9	35	1367	3	p_ou_rers
pouters	9	42	2187	3	p_ou_ters
proggers	12	25	816	3	pro_ggers
pushers	12	38	1450	3	p__ushers
roughens	12	28	689	3	_roughens
rougher	11	35	1103	3	_rougher_
scouthers	14	4	599	3	scouthers
slaughters	14	4	353	3	slaughters
sleighers	13	4	370	3	sleighers
sloggers	10	41	878	3	slo_ggers
sloucher	13	20	681	3	sloucher_
slouches	13	20	807	3	slouche_s
sloughed	13	30	558	3	sloughe_d
sloughier	13	4	367	3	sloughier_
sloughs	11	49	756	3	slough__s
sluggers	10	34	848	3	sl_uggers
southers	11	42	1445	3	_southers
touchers	13	36	1121	3	_touchers
toughens	12	28	672	3	_toughens
tougher	11	42	1098	3	_tougher_
vouchers	16	41	862	3	_vouchers

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	86	6.156	24145.7
3	Display Results	86	86	0.030	2866.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	86	6.622	26984.4