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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 “thighs” 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.

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
thighs134663(None) 
highs125412521_highs
thigh12410121thigh_
high116619922_high_
hight125327232_hight
hights133716892_hights
laighs10508802laighs
neighs10387732neighs
nighs95013612_nighs
sighs95416742_sighs
taigas73712562taigas
thegns10547432thegns
thicks154511992thicks
thighed1535272thighed
thills95515382thills
things104914302things
thinks134613362thinks
thins85826332thi_ns
thiols95112762thiols
thirds10438602thirds
thirls95012062thirls
this76027382thi__s
thugs95611992thug_s
tight93626502t_ight
tights104015852t_ights
toughs105414992toughs
trigos74214172trigos
trigs65423062trig_s
twigs96911172twig_s
weighs13338872weighs
whigs125612642whig_s

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 Limit82551312.42334069.7
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691312.78264231.1
 
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