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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 “outbought” 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.

31 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
outbought154401(None) 
outfought1643761outfought
outcaught1543332outcaught
outthought1752312outthought
outwrought1752022outwrought
unbought1443772_unbought
abought1346153__abought
bethought1853443bethought
bought125115643___bought
gunfought1751713gunfought
methought1853943methought
outblush1343753outblush_
outboast1048543outbo_ast
outbound1146583outbou_nd
outbuilt1046873outb_uilt
outburnt1057153outb_urnt
outburst1046843outb_urst
outcount1049143outcou_nt
outfight1546103out_fight
outlaugh1243623outlaugh_
outlaughs1342393outlaughs
outright1248743out_right
outsight1246913out_sight
overbought1953893overbought
prebought17113153prebought
rebought1474403_rebought
rethought1653813rethought
thought14639143__thought
unfought1543553_unfought
unsought1244243_unsought
unthought1652863unthought

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641318.14018260.6
3Display Results31310.033939.4
 (SQL Overall)178691318.60920756.3
 
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