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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 “horehound” 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.

27 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
horehound164470(None) 
horehounds1743401horehounds
homebound1743592homebound
boarhound1542773boarhound
chowhound2152313cho_whound
coonhound1543153coonhound
deerhound1452663deerhound
foreground1572543foreground
forehand1537693foreh_and
foxhound2283103fo_xhound
gazehound2352003gazehound
greyhound1752003_greyhound
hardbound1643413hardbound
hellhound1642773hellhound
hidebound1652333hidebound
hoofbound1852253hoofbound
housebound1652643housebound
northbound1652113northbound
prebound1345893_prebound
rebound1058583__rebound
redound968173__redound
refound1157413__refound
resound869263__resound
rewound1156433__rewound
rockhound1953003rockhound
whorehouse1953463whorehouse
wolfhound1951913wolfhound

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641277.67319372.0
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691277.84222786.4
 
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