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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 “phooey” 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.

39 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
phooey1437923(None) 
hooey114926601_hooey
phoney143612981phoney
ptooey11346411ptooey
blooey115110792blooey
chokey184811712chokey
choosey15459232choosey
choosy14459102choosy
cooey105828222_cooey
dhooly13457142dhooly
flooey123910172flooey
gooey95522862_gooey
hokey155422182_hokey
holey115626902_holey
homey135924842_homey
honey115629912_honey
hoody124919722_hoody
hooeys125512322_hooeys
hookey164713932_hookey
hooky155220262_hooky
hooly115022222_hooly
hooty115022442_hooty
hosey116127022_hosey
looey84822912_looey
phloem1335712phloem
phone105621932phone_
phoned124014552phoned
phones114121212phones
phoneys15437142phoneys
phony136715442ph_ony
phoresy1534652phoresy
photoed1338912photoed
pogey116017892p_ogey
pokey145318972p_okey
pooed85226242p_ooed
poofy136213272p_oofy
shooed103916082shooed
sooey84522432_sooey
zooey173914802_zooey

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551392.62631436.0
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691392.96960185.6
 
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