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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbillhooks” 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.

22 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
billhooks184323(None) 
billhook1743651billhook_
ballhawks2142063ballhawks
balloons103110523ball_oons
ballrooms1344143ballrooms
ballyhoos1743093ballyhoo_s
bellhops1544873bellh_ops
billfolds1542773billfolds
billheads1564253billheads
billions102211793bill_ions
billons93013363bill__ons
billows123611293bill__ows
billycocks2351453billycocks
boathooks1844173boathooks
bollocks1636503boll_ocks
bullhorns1443963bullhorns
bullocks1636293bull_ocks
fishhooks2242053fishhooks
girlhoods1442903girlhoods
hillocks1736063hill_ocks
killocks1354793kill_ocks
millworks1845093millworks

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641226.97021325.8
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691227.40624127.9