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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 “throng” 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.

40 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
throng1053997(None) 
thong95014181th_ong
throne98517601throne
throngs11508161throngs
barong96015822barong
hong85833952_h_ong
prong85218112_prong
sarong73914872sarong
strong74914882strong
taring73932282taring
thing96622982th_ing
thongs104611192th_ongs
thorn85318702thorn_
thorns95314102thorns
thorny12509842thorny
thoron94713902thoron_
thorons104511912thorons
thro77726422thro__
throat94819752throat
throb109816852thro_b
throbs118311372throbs
throe89321422thro_e
throes97518672throes
throned115412172throned
thrones105715842thrones
thronged13405332thronged
throning1238862throning
through141647512through
throve128012392throve
throw118719732thro_w
throwing1536722throwing
thrown1214911442thrown
throws129715232throws
tiring74023092tiring
tong56434352t__ong
trog57628212t_ro_g
trona54118952t_rona
trone55131862t_rone
tyring104613022tyring
wrong94712322_wrong

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551402.43633887.9
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.54670185.0
 
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