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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 “touching” 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.

45 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
touching14321134(None) 
couching163213261couching
douching15349841douching
mouching163110581mouching
ouching134314901_ouching
pouching163210411pouching
torching142510081torching
toughing13278551toughing
vouching17308231vouching
avouching1843272avouching
botching16359702botching
coaching164011962coaching
couchings17285762couchings
coughing15309212coughing
crouching1746382crouching
grouching1644942grouching
hotching17309312hotching
mooching16259062mooching
mouthing142810242mouthing
notching14288582notching
poaching163510832poaching
pooching16328982pooching
retouching1644692retouching
roaching143210432roaching
roughing13278342roughing
ruching133612932_ruching
slouching15195722slouching
souchong1484512souchong
soughing13259732soughing
southing122811822southing
teaching143612602teaching
toothing12278862toothing
touchier1347382touchier
touchily1645232touchily
touchingly1943062touchingly
touchline1444472touchline
touring82915192tou_ring
tousing82916992tou_sing
tousling938792tousling
touting84118452tou_ting
touzling1835502touzling
trucing103211842truc_ing
trucking153310162trucking
tucking143415182t_ucking
tushing114214012t_ushing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059453.92030882.4
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691454.31241440.4
 
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