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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 “roughers” 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.

33 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
roughers1232918(None) 
coughers14399961coughers
roughens12286891roughens
rougher113511031rougher_
couchers153513862couchers
cougher133711732cougher_
gougers94911762goug_ers
laughers1235922laughers
mouthers133811302mouthers
ploughers15193922ploughers
rogers74517912ro_g_ers
rouches124217892rouche_s
rouges76022382roug_e_s
roughdry1692542roughdry
roughed124210942roughe_d
roughen11338832roughe_n
roughest1238772roughest
roughhews1942192roughhews
roughies1298322roughies
roughlegs1442582roughlegs
roughness1345762roughness
roughs105416212rough__s
rounders92613692rounders
rousers75220142rou_sers
rousters84315682rousters
routers74822872rou_ters
ruggers94612312r_uggers
rushers103816102r_ushers
southers114214452southers
touchers133611212touchers
toughens12286722toughens
tougher114210982tougher_
vouchers16418622vouchers

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit121059334.54626629.8
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691335.03235510.9
 
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