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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 “soothed” 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.

66 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
soothed11371274(None) 
smoothed14236471smoothed
sooted73922591soot_ed
soothe94214851soothe_
soother104215041soother
soothes103917111soothes
southed114313991southed
toothed113310241toothed
besoothed1543662besoothed
booted94822732boot_ed
clothed134010282clothed
footed104418622foot_ed
footled113610762footled
frothed14288782frothed
hooted104422662hoot_ed
loathed11419442loathed
looted74421112loot_ed
mooched153910532mooched
mooted94120372moot_ed
mouthed133811042mouthed
oohed94214212_oo_hed
pooched152810082pooched
poohed123912522poo_hed
rooted75424002root_ed
rootled83410532rootled
scathed134012642scathed
scooched16206682scooched
scootched1763962scootched
scooted103612282scoot_ed
scotched16187932scotched
scythed16385302scythed
seethed113410192seethed
shotted113912402shotted
sloshed11329822sloshed
slotted84613882slotted
smooched16185982smooched
smooshed14185992smooshed
smoothen13204962smoothen
smoother13196672smoother
smoothes13218542smoothes
smother123510212smother
snooted84213282snoot_ed
softhead1545002softhead
sooth85924062sooth__
soothers113913432soothers
soothest113312242soothest
soothly13186922soothly
sooths95715592sooth_s
sootier73916612sootier
sorted74523712sort_ed
sortied83314102sortied
sotted74121402s_otted
soughed123811622soughed
souther104116302souther
spathed134013182spathed
spotted103713142spotted
stotted83511422stotted
swathed144611932swathed
swooshed15174272swooshed
swotted11398712swotted
tooted74620122toot_ed
tootled83511042tootled
trothed114010972trothed
unsoothed1344252unsoothed
wooshed14167402wooshed
worthed1437872worthed

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671663.39031761.4
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.79647073.5
 
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