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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 “toughening” 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.

23 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
toughening154291(None) 
roughening1543391roughening
toughing13278552tough__ing
youthening1743722youthening
coughing15309213cough__ing
loudening1144743lou_dening
oughting1335953_ough_ting
roughhewing2251013roughhewing
roughing13278343rough__ing
soughing13259733sough__ing
stoutening1143383stou_tening
tautening1035843tau_tening
tightening15153943t_ightening
tochering1537153to_chering
tokening1336463to__kening
touching143211343touch__ing
toughen11329203toughe__n_
toughened1444223toughen_ed
toughener1344163toughen_er
tougheners1442973tougheners
toughens12286723toughe__ns
tourneying1442533tourneying
vouchering1943653vouchering

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit140603235.89023871.5
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691236.07929394.8
 
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