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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 “hounded” 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.

48 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
hounded12331103(None) 
bounded113613761bounded
founded124011421founded
hounder113412241hounder
mounded113711981mounded
pounded114112801pounded
rounded93013501rounded
sounded93214461sounded
wounded12329761wounded
abounded1234902abounded
bonded104719952bo_nded
bounced123610552bounced
bounden10389452bounden
bounder104215542bounder
counted103815802counted
fonded115717042fo_nded
founder114312582founder
funded114413892_funded
grounded1136572grounded
handed114919982h_anded
haunted11399732haunted
hoarded12368342hoarded
hondled123510652ho_ndled
honed95332262ho_n_ed
honied104818392ho_nied
honked144517912ho_nked
hooded114616742ho_oded
horded115420482ho_rded
horned105718702horn_ed
hound95016482houn__d
hounders123111722hounders
hounds104413132hound_s
housed105624102hou_sed
hundred1237142h_undred
hunted104417012h_unted
jounced17337612jounced
lounged9468242lounged
moulded11348062moulded
mounted103611532mounted
poinded11358972poinded
ponded105218772po_nded
pounced123510622pounced
pounder103314012pounder
roundel8308852roundel
rounder83514612rounder
sounder83315392sounder
stounded10276212stounded
swounded13314562swounded

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671483.45631154.8
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691483.84246509.9
 
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