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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 “roughhews” 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.

27 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
roughhews194219(None) 
roughhew1842871roughhew_
roughhewn1951641roughhewn
roughens12286892roug_hens
roughers12329182roug_hers
roughhewed2151602roughhewed
roughies1298322roughie_s
roughlegs1442582roughlegs
roughness1345762roughness
boughless1543873boughless
coughers14399963coug_hers
rouches124217893rou_che_s
rouges76022383roug__e_s
roughages1444383roughages
roughed124210943roug_he_d
roughen11338833roug_he_n
rougher113511033roug_he_r
roughest1238773roug_hest
roughhewing2251013roughhewing
roughhouse1752323roughhouse
roughleg1343403roughle_g
roughneck1972263roughneck
roughnecks2091903roughnecks
roughs105416213roug_h__s
toughens12286723toug_hens
toughies1278243toughie_s
toughness1355093toughness

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641277.62619491.3
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691278.04622208.7
 
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