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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 “soothes” 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.

68 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
soothes10391711(None) 
smoothes13218541smoothes
soothe94214851soothe_
soothed113712741soothed
soother104215041soother
soothers113913431soothers
soothest113312241soothest
sooths95715591sooth_s
besoothes1443762besoothes
bootees94114472bootees
booths115313792booth_s
booties94124612booties
clothes124513812clothes
cooches143515832cooches
cooties93725732cooties
footies103721542footies
footles103715712footles
hooches153812522hooches
hootches1656972hootches
loathes103513242loathes
mooches143714452mooches
pooches143214162pooches
rootles73215632rootles
scathes124515712scathes
scooches15188412scooches
scootches1635002scootches
scotches15179472scotches
scythes15356522scythes
seethes103613742seethes
shotes95321912shot_es
skoshes14246252skoshes
sloshes103811802sloshes
sloths94911892sloth_s
smooches15217262smooches
smooshes13206862smooshes
smoothed14236472smoothed
smoothen13204962smoothen
smoothens14194252smoothens
smoother13196672smoother
smoothers14206042smoothers
smoothest14215772smoothest
smoothies1456132smoothies
smooths12216322smooth_s
smother123510212smother
smothers13349932smothers
snathes104816492snathes
softies103414612softies
sooted73922592soot_ed
sooth85924062sooth__
soothly13186922soothly
sootier73916612sootier
sootiest84016752sootiest
soots55536212soot__s
soroches1338802soroches
sorties74126402sorties
soths86218632s_oth_s
southed114313992southed
souther104116302souther
southers114214452southers
souths95216602south_s
spathes125116532spathes
swathes134115512swathes
swooshes14185122swooshes
toothed113310242toothed
tooths96013802tooth_s
tootles72915602tootles
tootses72910772tootses
wooshes13169882wooshes

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671683.26632967.2
3Display Results68680.0135230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691683.63949104.4
 
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