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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 “birdhouses” 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.

25 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
birdhouses164332(None) 
birdhouse1543701birdhouse_
beadhouses1644292beadhouses
firehouses16135152firehouses
backhouses2145743backhouses
baghouses1545463b_aghouses
bakehouses19134453bakehouses
bathhouses1844193bathhouses
beadhouse1544423beadhouse_
bedehouses1644093bedehouses
boathouses1545923boathouses
bughouses1544743b_ughouses
bunkhouses19123393bunkhouses
burnouses1144853bur_nouses
cirrhoses1443883cirrho_ses
farmhouses1844013farmhouses
firehouse15135533firehouse_
guardhouses1662113guardhouses
icehouses1445013_icehouses
madhouses1545743_madhouses
millhouses1544073millhouses
rehouses11312113__rehouses
roadhouses1444503roadhouses
warehouses1645813warehouses
workhouses2044893workhouses

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603256.00023433.8
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691256.16928966.0
 
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