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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 “souths” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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93 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
souths9521660(None) 
couths115715411couths
mouths115214531mouths
rouths95416821rouths
scouths12527891scouths
sooths95715591sooths
soths86218631so_ths
soughs105115621soughs
south85223571south_
youths124510041youths
booths115313792booths
boughs125414372boughs
bouts75131312bout_s
coughs125514542coughs
couth106122492couth_
doughs115912932doughs
drouths11436482drouths
fourths13374952fourths
goths96513002go_ths
gouts64826172gout_s
loughs105014772loughs
louts56330272lout_s
months113812932months
moths106021552mo_ths
mouth105420292mouth_
mouthy14409062mouthy
norths96812322norths
oaths86117312_oaths
ouphs104311272_ouphs
outs45746962_out_s
pouts75530322pout_s
roughs105416212roughs
routes66129312routes
routh86423072routh_
routs57133412rout_s
rowths12458172rowths
ruths85714642_ruths
sauchs115112232sauchs
saughs104812052saughs
sautes63924912sautes
scouth115011152scouth_
scouts84817942scout_s
scutes85219192scutes
scuts74522522scut_s
shouts94017722shout_s
shutes93518222shutes
shuts85622482shut_s
sixths16416372sixths
sleuths1034742sleuths
sloths94911892sloths
sloughs11497562sloughs
sluts54523982slut_s
smiths114711022smiths
smooths12216322smooths
smuts75415712smut_s
snaths95112912snaths
snouts64915872snout_s
softas94410402softas
softs85019232soft_s
solutes73515262solutes
sooth85924062sooth_
soothe94214852soothe
soothes103917112soothes
soots55536212soot_s
sophs104916022so_phs
sorts54536662sort_s
soth75932522so_th_
sots45552452so_t_s
sough95320462sough_
sought106315052sought
souks94820522sou_ks
souls55127362sou_ls
sounds74616182sounds
soups75322942sou_ps
sours55230502sou_rs
sous46947212sou__s
souses64229242souses
souter64225922souter
souters74422602souters
southed114313992southed
souther104116302souther
southers114214452southers
spouts85115112spout_s
stouts65019002stout_s
sughs95313322s_ughs
swaths125312642swaths
synths12377882synths
tooths96013802tooths
toughs105414982toughs
touts54830392tout_s
truths9449502truths
worths127812892worths
youth115315042youth_

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551932.59331836.1
3Display Results93930.0303100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691932.98359903.1
 
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