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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 “roughy” 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.

52 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
roughy13701085(None) 
doughy14499841doughy
rough97819431rough_
roughly14507291roughly
roughs105416211roughs
toughy135911071toughy
bough115719312bough_
boughs125414372boughs
bought125115632bought
brought13308682brought
cough115819642cough_
coughs125514542coughs
dough105217382dough_
doughs115912932doughs
dought114915512dought
doughty15436022doughty
drought12258872drought
droughty16304472droughty
drouthy14395172drouthy
fought135112392fought
grouchy16294242grouchy
lough95118482lough_
loughs105014772loughs
mouthy14409062mouthy
nought104713962nought
ought95221532_ought
pouchy16538662pouchy
rouche114714312rouche
rouge65423442roug_e
rouged86717322rouged
rouges76022382rouges
roughdry1692542roughdry
roughed124210942roughed
roughen11338832roughen
rougher113511032rougher
roupy106112712rou_py
routh86423072routh_
rouths95416822rouths
rugby11448132r_ugby
rushy115414812r_ushy
saughy13507462saughy
sloughy14535802sloughy
sough95320462sough_
soughs105115622soughs
sought106315052sought
touchy145010502touchy
tough97321982tough_
toughly14487432toughly
toughs105414982toughs
trough108512022trough_
troughs11698682troughs
wrought14276922wrought

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551522.26636430.3
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691522.63967711.6
 
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