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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 “houseboats” 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.

24 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
houseboats1514450(None) 
houseboat14145851houseboat_
housecoats15134361housecoats
houseboater1652912houseboater
houseboaters1752472houseboaters
houseboys1744052housebo_ys
housecoat14135682housecoat_
horsebeans1583633horsebeans
housebound1652643housebound
houseboy1643873housebo__y
housebreaks2052583housebreaks
housefronts1752313housefronts
households1753653households
housemate1445953house_mate
housemates1546143house_mates
houseplants1653123houseplants
houserooms1553993houserooms
housesat1146483house_sat_
housesits1244853house_sits
housetops1444363houseto_ps
houseworks2044323houseworks
louseworts1353133louseworts
rouseabouts1351453rouseabouts
sauceboats1452533sauceboats

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911406030.533335255.2
2DLD Change Limit140603248.82615930.5
3Display Results24240.220109.1
 (SQL Overall)178691249.57918654.5
 
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