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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 “soothe” 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.

60 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
soothe9421485(None) 
sooth85924061sooth_
soothed113712741soothed
soother104215041soother
soothes103917111soothes
sooths95715591sooths
besoothe1343782besoothe
bootee84323022bootee
booth105522012booth_
booths115313792booths
bootie85421162bootie
clothe114712992clothe
cootie84223092cootie
footie94718142footie
footle93914382footle
loathe94211382loathe
rootle63214452rootle
saithe94713912saithe
scathe114414992scathe
scythe14466012scythe
seethe93712482seethe
shote85526102shot_e
sloth85019452sloth_
sloths94911892sloths
smooth11259202smooth_
smoothed14236472smoothed
smoothen13204962smoothen
smoother13196672smoother
smoothes13218542smoothes
smoothie1344892smoothie
smooths12216322smooths
smoothy15205082smoothy
smote75820282smot_e
smother123510212smother
snathe94415112snathe
softie93312482softie
soot45761062soot__
sooted73922592sooted
soothers113913432soothers
soothest113312242soothest
soothly13186922soothly
sootier73916612sootier
soots55536212soot_s
sooty84924842soot_y
soroche1237182soroche
sortie63621992sortie
soth75932522s_oth_
soths86218632s_oths
south85223572south_
southed114313992southed
souther104116302souther
souths95216602souths
spathe115115692spathe
swathe125514112swathe
swithe124010682swithe
tooth88020182tooth_
toothed113310242toothed
tooths96013802tooths
toothy12529692toothy
tootle62613812tootle

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551602.48333246.5
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691602.60968490.2
 
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