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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 “roughhew” 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.

45 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
roughhew184287(None) 
roughhewn1951641roughhewn
roughhews1942191roughhews
roughed124210942roug_hed
roughen11338832roug_hen
rougher113511032roug_her
roughhewed2151602roughhewed
roughies1298322roughies
roughleg1343402roughleg
boughed143810263boug_hed
boughten1444193boughten
coughed143310903coug_hed
cougher133711733coug_her
doughier1335483doughier
foughten1544003foughten
oughted1236223_oughted
rouche114714313rou_che_
rouches124217893rou_ches
rouge65423443roug__e_
rouged86717323roug__ed
rouges76022383roug__es
rough97819433roug_h__
roughage1344423roughage
roughages1444383roughages
roughdry1692543roughdry
roughened1444093roughened
roughens12286893roughens
roughers12329183roughers
roughest1238773roughest
roughhewing2251013roughhewing
roughing13278343roughing
roughish1545213roughish
roughlegs1442583roughlegs
roughly14507293roug_hly
roughneck1972263roughneck
roughness1345763roughness
roughs105416213roug_h_s
roughshod1751633roughshod
roughy137010853roug_h_y
soughed123811623soug_hed
toughed123511693toug_hed
toughen11329203toug_hen
tougher114210983toug_her
toughie1187593toughie_
toughies1278243toughies

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162457.61019206.6
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691458.04622208.7
 
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