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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 “laughs” 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.

57 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
laughs1048902(None) 
haughs13408561haughs
laighs10508801laighs
laugh94414371laugh_
loughs105014771loughs
saughs104812051saughs
aught95120702_aught
aughts104710242_aughts
boughs125414372boughs
brughs12509062brughs
caught124911682caught
claught1335102claught
claughts1443382claughts
cloughs13517052cloughs
coughs125514542coughs
doughs115912932doughs
faugh125712962faugh_
gauges85915992gauges
haugh125114052haugh_
heughs13516902heughs
kiaughs1542282kiaughs
lags56546222la_g_s
laichs115110892laichs
laigh95515922laigh_
lakhs125210342la_khs
lanugos834452lanugos
larges74824232larges
largos74815062largos
laths86022402la_ths
lauans65113532lauans
lauds65618482lau_ds
laughed1235892laughed
laugher1136602laugher
laughers1235922laughers
lauras63414332lauras
lough95118482lough_
luges65928752l_uges
lugs55233522l_ug_s
naught104312492naught
naughts11447512naughts
ploughs13526102ploughs
roughs105416222roughs
sanghs105312062sanghs
sauchs115112232sauchs
saugh95318402saugh_
saughy13507462saughy
shaughs14245282shaughs
sloughs11497562sloughs
soughs105115622soughs
sughs95313322_sughs
taught104312232taught
toughs105414992toughs
ughs85410972__ughs
vughs12678742_vughs
waugh125411682waugh_
waught133811042waught
waughts14355962waughts

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551572.43633887.9
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.79563932.4
 
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