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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 “roughing” 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.

39 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
roughing1327834(None) 
coughing15309211coughing
rouging93114701roug_ing
soughing13259731soughing
toughing13278551toughing
couching163213262couching
crouching1746382crouching
douching15349842douching
gouging103410702goug_ing
grouching1644942grouching
laughing1335932laughing
mouching163110582mouching
mouthing142810242mouthing
ouching134314902_ouching
oughting1335952_oughting
ploughing16203672ploughing
pouching163210412pouching
roaching143210432roaching
rogueing1054312rogueing
roguing9309562ro_guing
roughen11338832roughen_
roughening1543392roughening
roughens12286892roughens
roughies1298322roughies
roughish1545212roughish
roughleg1343402roughleg
rounding102812282rounding
rouping103715792rou_ping
rousing83920552rou_sing
rousting93913272rousting
routing83821092rou_ting
ruching133612932r_uching
rugging102512762r_ugging
rushing113817702r_ushing
sloughing14244752sloughing
southing122811822southing
sughing12359712_sughing
touching143211342touching
vouching17308232vouching

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059393.43635232.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.87546113.8
 
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