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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 “south” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

147 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
south8522357(None) 
couth106122491couth
mouth105420291mouth
routh86423071routh
scouth115011151scouth
sooth85924061sooth
soth75932521so_th
sough95320461sough
souths95216601souths
youth115315041youth
booth105522012booth
both96533432bo_th
bough115719312bough
bout66353292bout_
bouts75131312bouts
couch125320112couch
cough115819642cough
couths115715412couths
doeth9411982doeth
doth86225712do_th
dough105217382dough
drouth104410102drouth
forth116222672forth
fourth12357442fourth
goth86825082go_th
gout56646002gout_
gouts64826172gouts
gouty95217362gouty
loath84918602loath
loth76132132lo_th
lough95118482lough
lout45952142lout_
louts56330272louts
month104818422month
moth96731332mo_th
mouch124715802mouch
mouths115214532mouths
mouthy14409062mouthy
north86018272north
oath76132152_oath
ouch95724632_ouch
ouph95618372_ouph
out38072152_out_
outs45746962_outs
pouch124617082pouch
pout65752552pout_
pouts75530322pouts
pouty107018812pouty
quoth173310352quoth
rough97819432rough
rout46153282rout_
route55132072route
rouths95416822rouths
routs57133412routs
rowth115713232rowth
ruth76825992_ruth
saith85826552saith
sauch104918772sauch
saugh95318402saugh
saute55028082saute
scout75031452scout_
scouths12527892scouths
scouts84817942scouts
scut65835542scut_
scuta75815752scuta
scutch13247082scutch
scute75520942scute
scuts74522522scuts
shout85433172shout_
shouts94017722shouts
shush113812542shush
shut76137592shut_
shute84520352shute
shuts85622482shuts
sith75435152s_ith
sixth155512232sixth
sleuth937232sleuth
sloth85019452sloth
slouch11438522slouch
slough10539232slough
slush85316572slush
slut45040592slut_
sluts54523982sluts
smith107818052smith
smooth11259202smooth
smush104410582smush
smut66629782smut_
smutch13205842smutch
smuts75415712smuts
snath86419802snath
snout54530632snout_
snouts64915872snouts
snouty9419952snouty
soft76942822soft_
softa86415182softa
softs85019232softs
softy115414482softy
solute64016662solute
soot45761062soot_
soothe94214852soothe
sooths95715592sooths
soots55536212soots
sooty84924842sooty
soph97024202so_ph
sort46264812sort_
sorta57125412sorta
sorts54536662sorts
sot310384302so_t_
soths86218632so_ths
sots45552452so_ts
sou37853692sou__
soughs105115622soughs
sought106315052sought
souk86127172sou_k
souks94820522souks
soul46435712sou_l
souls55127362souls
sound64420022sound
soup66232912sou_p
soups75322942soups
soupy106115402soupy
sour45935892sou_r
sours55230502sours
sous46947212sou_s
souse56530772souse
souter64225922souter
southed114313992southed
souther104116302souther
spout75029632spout_
spouts85115112spouts
sputa74612962sputa
stout57434052stout_
stouts65019002stouts
such96424812s_uch
sugh86423442s_ugh
swath115920382swath
swith115917402swith
synth113711822synth
tooth88020182tooth
touch106519392touch
tough97321982tough
tout46753822tout_
touts54830392touts
truth85214152truth
vouch134611902vouch
worth117120522worth
youths124510042youths

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 Filter178691538000.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit538001472.82619037.5
3Display Results1471470.0801837.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911473.09257791.4
 
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