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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 “ahull” 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.

43 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
ahull8401031(None) 
hull75428781_hull
adult63520652adult
ahold94714252ahold
all36148232a__ll
alula5317092alula
atoll57913922atoll
auld54125362a_uld
bull65634872_bull
chill105619872chill
churl105913882churl
cull65929642_cull
dull56430442_dull
full75229152_full
ghyll1246322ghyll
gull54828452_gull
hall75741162_hall
haul75530452hau_l
haulm104415412haulm
hauls86123732hauls
hell75637892_hell
hill76439492_hill
hula74923752_hula
hulk115321612_hulk
hullo84417452_hullo
hulls84923562_hulls
hurl76029932_hurl
lull44225762_lull
mull65128802_mull
null45125312_null
pull64731662_pull
scull75315762scull
shall85024052shall
shell84424122shell
shill85325332shill
shul75823152shu_l
shuln84713112shuln
shuls85319712shuls
skull94812032skull
stull54916272stull
thill85918732thill
thurl84912682thurl
trull54012672trull

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800431.42037887.3
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691431.749102167.5
 
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