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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 “howfs” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

110 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
howfs14481450(None) 
hoofs115721041hoofs
howes114730261howes
howf136127201howf_
howff175110491howff
howffs18535041howffs
howks155016851howks
howls116219221howls
hows106345601how_s
boffs134915502boffs
bowls106121432bowls
bows96242862bow_s
chows135618202chow_s
coffs134916302coffs
coifs105718702coifs
coofs105924712coofs
cowls106922212cowls
cows97046642cow_s
dhows125911222dhow_s
doffs125614332doffs
downs94918572downs
dows85941052dow_s
fowls115518892fowls
golfs95616102golfs
goofs94821002goofs
gowds105814042gowds
gowks136011952gowks
gowns95115102gowns
haafs115711162haafs
hawks155415702hawks
haws106439442haw_s
hews105631572hew_s
hoars85925552hoars
hobos106321352hobos
hobs97038982ho_bs
hocks144925492hocks
hocus104715202hocus
hods87239872ho_ds
hoers85724922hoers
hoes75755732ho_es
hoggs107212462hoggs
hogs87139662ho_gs
hokes126231642hokes
holds94623242holds
holes84748652holes
holks124720562holks
holms105117802holms
hols76946292ho_ls
holts85627912holts
homes106938822homes
homos105921792homos
hones88144492hones
hongs95126202hongs
honks125124522honks
hons77350782ho_ns
hoods95124082hoods
hoof106036582hoof_
hooks125027122hooks
hoops105621072hoops
hoots84830252hoots
hopes105835642hopes
hops97942632ho_ps
horas86333102horas
horns86125332horns
hos68364192ho__s
hoses85443182hoses
hosts85526702hosts
hots78349332ho_ts
hours85422392hours
how97252432how__
howdy155711412howdy
howe106734102how_e
howk145221962how_k
howl107625692how_l
hoyas115016162hoyas
hoys107733932ho_ys
huffs144514742huffs
jowls156214522jowls
jows146632092jow_s
loafs85616992loafs
loofs85623782loofs
lowes85732462lowes
lows75843012low_s
mows96340832mow_s
nows75738232now_s
nowts86915862nowts
oafs76425262_oafs
offs107117012_offs
owes75137102_owes
owls76022932_owls
owns76819582_owns
poofs105222792poofs
poufs105616062poufs
pows95537662pow_s
rolfs84817122rolfs
roofs85321152roofs
rows75941752row_s
shows115324582show_s
sows75342492sow_s
toffs116016722toffs
towns86018882towns
tows78545552tow_s
vows106626942vow_s
whoofs15457242whoofs
wolfs116214162wolfs
woofs114918002woofs
wows104633492wow_s
yowes114926372yowes
yowls115715432yowls
yows106433122yow_s

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit538001102.53021264.8
3Display Results1101100.0303666.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911102.89061830.8
 
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