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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 “unsought” 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.

46 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
unsought124424(None) 
unbought1443771unbought
unfought1543551unfought
besought1454002besought
gunfought1751712gunfought
infought1543532infought
nought104713972_n_ought
resought1254992resought
sought106315062__sought
uncaught1443622uncaught
unrough11105242unrough_
unsight1137482uns_ight
untaught1243732untaught
unthought1652862unthought
unwrought1652462unwrought
abought1346153_abought
bought125115643__bought
brought13308693_brought
dought114915523__dought
drought12258883_drought
enough1045763en_ough_
enoughs1144633en_oughs
fought135112403__fought
insight1137913ins_ight
inwrought1652403inwrought
naught104312493_n_aught
nougat74712653_n_ougat
noughts11478083_n_oughts
onslaught13122113onslaught
ought95221543___ought
outbought1544013outbought
outfought1643763outfought
rebought1474403rebought
refought1564243refought
sough95320463__sough_
soughs105115623__soughs
thought14639143_thought
unbright1444703unbright
uncouth1247173uncouth_
unforgot1243593unforgot
unshut939013unshu__t
unsights1244623uns_ights
unsound8158433unsou_nd
unsoured9310063unsoured
unweight1544743unweight
wrought14276933_wrought

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162468.73616731.0
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691469.21919382.9
 
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