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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 “southing” 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.

58 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
southing12281182(None) 
mouthing142810241mouthing
soothing12269971soothing
soughing13259731soughing
southings13246231southings
couching163213262couching
coughing15309212coughing
douching15349842douching
loathing1247672loathing
louting83719382lout_ing
mouching163110582mouching
northing12199062northing
nothing113511902no_thing
ouching134314902_ouching
outing74128152_out_ing
outring84021022_outring
outsing83320462_outsing
pouching163210412pouching
pouting103519942pout_ing
roughing13278342roughing
routing83821092rout_ing
sauteing937912sauteing
scathing14269702scathing
scouting112612752scout_ing
scutching1735222scutching
scything17264882scything
seething1239022seething
shouting122711792shout_ing
shushing15317742shushing
shuting113212052shut_ing
shutting12309692shutting
sleuthing1334202sleuthing
slouching15195722slouching
sloughing14244752sloughing
slushing12299642slushing
smoothing1535292smoothing
smushing14287452smushing
smutching1734852smutching
smutting11278062smutting
snouting92511922snout_ing
something1545402something
sooting82820962soot_ing
sorting83221812sort_ing
souchong1484512souchong
sounding102712872sounding
souping104215532sou_ping
sourcing1158352sourcing
souring83219062sou_ring
sousing83517822sou_sing
spouting113511952spout_ing
sughing12359712s_ughing
swathing15248712swathing
toothing12278862toothing
touching143211342touching
toughing13278552toughing
touting84118452tout_ing
vouching17308232vouching
worthing15178052worthing

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 Filter1786911210590.763234195.3
2DLD Change Limit121059584.08029671.3
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691584.87336669.6
 
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