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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 “boroughs” 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.

53 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
boroughs144379(None) 
borough1344511borough_
boughs125414372b__oughs
brought13308682b_rought
brughs12509062b_r_ughs
roughs105416212__roughs
troughs11698682_troughs
barongs105310833barong_s
barouche1544173barouche
barouches1644973barouches
berouged1235323berouged
besought1453993besought
booths115313793bo_o_ths
borages103917163bor_ages
bordures1136173bordures
borings103614243boring_s
borons85520543boro__ns
bough115719313b__ough_
bought125115633b__ought
brogues10719823b_rogues
broths115013923b_ro_ths
brougham1642973b_rougham
broughams1742403b_roughams
brugh115414293b_r_ugh_
burghs12519923bur__ghs
choughs16576623_choughs
cloughs13517053_cloughs
coughs125514543__coughs
dorbugs1132983dorbug_s
doughs115912933__doughs
drought12258873_drought
droughts13245733_droughts
drouths11436483_drouths
enoughs1144623_enoughs
furloughs1641773furloughs
loughs105014773__loughs
ploughs13526103_ploughs
porous84419483porou__s
rouges76022383__rouges
rough97819433__rough_
roughy137010853__roughy
rouths95416823__rouths
scrouges1136683scrouges
sloughs11497563_sloughs
soughs105115623__soughs
sourdoughs1551173sourdoughs
thorough15684123thorough_
through141647513through_
torous64319033torou__s
toughs105414983__toughs
trough108512023_trough_
unrough11105233unrough_
wrought14276923_wrought

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162537.70318974.7
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691538.15521911.8
 
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