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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 “brougham” 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.

33 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
brougham164297(None) 
broughams1742401broughams
brought13308692brough_t
barogram1346533baro_gram
borough1344523borough__
boroughs1443803borough_s
bough115719313b_ough__
boughed143810263b_oughed
boughs125414373b_ough_s
bought125115643b_ough_t
brecham1646833br_echam
brogan9311043bro_g_an
brouhaha1641463brou_haha
brouhahas1751493brouhahas
brugh115414293br_ugh__
brughs12509063br_ugh_s
drought12258883drough_t
droughts13245743droughts
droughty16304483droughty
grogram1147073gro_gram
ogham1138253__o_gham
program12311693pro_gram
rough97819443_rough__
roughage1344423_roughage
roughed124210943_roughed
roughen11338833_roughen
rougher113511033_rougher
roughly14507293_roughly
roughs105416223_rough_s
roughy137010863_rough_y
trough108512033trough__
troughs11698693trough_s
wrought14276933wrough_t

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 Filter1786911461620.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit146162337.65619091.2
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.13821957.6
 
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