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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 “bughouses” 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.

55 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
bughouses154474(None) 
baghouses1545461baghouses
bughouse1445071bughouse_
baghouse1445212baghouse_
buglosses1243542buglosses
bunkhouses19123392bunkhouses
burnouses1144852burnouses
doghouses1445352doghouses
funhouses1544592funhouses
nuthouses1246342nuthouses
outhouses12310662outhouses
unhouses1138702_unhouses
alehouses1246583alehouses
backhouses2145743backhouses
bakehouses19134453bakehouses
bathhouses1844193bathhouses
bathoses13310463batho_ses
beadhouses1644293beadhouses
bedehouses1644093bedehouses
bespouses1345153bespouses
bigoses1039073big_o_ses
birdhouses1643323birdhouses
blouses94014463b__louses
boathouses1545923boathouses
bouses84931783b___ouses
bugloss1035893buglo_s_s
bugouts1036193bug_ou_ts
bungholes1543993bungho_les
bunkhouse18123653bunkhouse_
burnooses1143433burnooses
cathouses1439433cathouses
chouses125117813__chouses
clubhouses1742843clubhouses
doghouse1345413doghouse_
funhouse1444523funhouse_
gashouses1345763gashouses
grouses84616543__grouses
henhouses1546173henhouses
hothouses1547763hothouses
houses96032283___houses
icehouses1445013icehouses
longhouses1444983longhouses
madhouses1545743madhouses
nuthouse1145833nuthouse_
outhouse11310883outhouse_
pothouses1449043pothouses
rehouses11312113_rehouses
roughhouses1852313roughhouses
sugarhouses1552393sugarhouses
taphouses1446553taphouses
teahouses1246513teahouses
unhorses1138453_unhorses
unhouse1038923_unhouse_
unhoused1238153_unhoused
uprouses1037553_uprouses

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641555.87625296.3
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691556.30928323.2
 
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