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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 “coughers” 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.

35 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
coughers1439996(None) 
couchers153513861couchers
cougher133711731cougher_
roughers12329181roughers
chuggers1554862chuggers
coachers154312302coachers
codgers115113932codg_ers
congers104223232cong_ers
coshers123618182co_shers
coucher144515852coucher_
couches144020472couche_s
cougars1038442coug_ars
coughed143310902coughe_d
coughs125514542cough__s
coulters103614312coulters
counters103320192counters
couplers123311322couplers
couriers103213172couriers
coursers104412302coursers
courters103015372courters
couters93827302cou_ters
couther123914632couther_
crushers134010092crushers
gougers94911762goug_ers
laughers1235922laughers
mouthers133811302mouthers
ploughers15193922ploughers
roughens12286892roughens
rougher113511032rougher_
scouthers1445992scouthers
southers114214452southers
touchers133611212touchers
toughens12286722toughens
tougher114210982tougher_
vouchers16418622vouchers

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059354.09629555.4
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691354.51639568.4
 
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