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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 “hellhole” 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.

38 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
hellhole144525(None) 
hellholes1545731hellholes
wellhole1444211wellhole
wellholes1544672wellholes
bellhop1445053bellho_p
bellhops1544873bellhops
bolthole1345463bolthole
cellphone1644183cellphone
cellule936523cell_ule
coalhole1345093coalhole
eyehole1346003_eyehole
feedhole1543873feedhole
fellable13179133fellable
felloe93513923fell_o_e
healable131610183healable
hellbox1944993hellbo_x
hellboxes2154303hellboxes
hellebore1444163hellebore
hellfire1464273hellfire
hellhound1642773hellhound
hellion10311133hellio_n
hellions11310023hellions
hellkite1544933hellkite
hello86522983hell_o__
helloed113512433hell_oed
helloes103717473hell_oes
hellos95321683hell_o_s
helpable1536613helpable
keelhale1563043keelhale
keyhole1764433ke_yhole
oilhole1046263_oilhole
peephole1545993peephole
pellicle1245043pellicle
pesthole1347553pesthole
sellable101711823sellable
tellable10169773tellable
telltale844423telltale
wellhouse1553853wellhouse

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162387.47019566.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.91922564.8
 
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