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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 “chough” 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.

30 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
chough1569925(None) 
choughs16576631choughs
choush14549061choush
clough12539131clough
cough115819641c_ough
though139410781though
bough115719312_bough
chouse116017562chouse
chug105914112ch_ug_
chugs115511942ch_ugs
cloughs13517052cloughs
couch125320112c_ouch
coughs125514542c_oughs
couth106122492c_outh
crouch133910202crouch
dough105217382_dough
enough1045762enough
haugh125114052_haugh
heugh125410922_heugh
lough95118482_lough
plough12577562plough
rough97819442_rough
shaugh13287432shaugh
sheugh13295882sheugh
slough10539232slough
sough95320462_sough
thought14639142thought
through141647522through
tough97321992_tough
trough108512032trough

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551302.65631080.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.04858625.7
 
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