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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 “ahchoo” 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.

65 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
ahchoo144571(None) 
achoo10315081a_choo
ancho104515302anch_o
anchor113911972anchor
anchos114214892anchos
archon11311752archon
abhor10411063a_bhor
abmho1236793abmh_o
abmhos1334973abmhos
ache96829823a_ch_e
ached119227833a_ched
aches106132293a_ches
achy126316093a_ch_y
actor71116083a_ctor
ahoy101919183a__hoy
alcohol1244373alcohol
altho86312603alth_o
anchors123912953anchors
anchovy1843953anchovy
ancon75718233anc_on
anyhow1544103anyhow
arch98628443arch__
arched125717323arched
archer115016243archer
arches114822043arches
archfoe1544723archfoe
archil11611573archil
archly1437353archly
archons12311583archons
arco68331543arc__o
ascot76522513asc_ot
author939763author
boohoo1148833boohoo
cachou13310623cachou
cashoo11312253cashoo
chao95727313__chao
cholo105217973__cholo
chon96627793__chon
chook146015043__chook
chop116024923__chop
chow125820993__chow
coho97524493__coho
coo59566363__c_oo
cuckoo1486413cuckoo
echo96615953_ech_o
echos105216463_echos
gaucho1256223gauch_o
gauchos1345903gauchos
halloo95118973halloo
ichor1039483_ichor
kerchoo1644973kerchoo
macho126120153mach_o
machos135217493machos
mucho125013443much_o
nacho105414383nach_o
nachos115014183nachos
rancho114310853ranch_o
ranchos123911393ranchos
salchow1544323salchow
schmo124510203_schmo
school11410723_school
shoo75929893__shoo
techno1135953techno
wahoo112413083_wahoo
yahoo112911543_yahoo

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911127160.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit112716654.90622975.1
3Display Results65650.0302166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691655.31233639.1
 
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