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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 “cahows” 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.

38 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
cahows1439912(None) 
cahow135110941cahow_
chows135618201c_hows
avows114910982_avows
cabobs124311892cabobs
cachous14312582cachous
cahoot11416472cahoot
cahoots1238472cahoots
calos74431902calo_s
camos95927612camo_s
canoes84725882canoes
canons85522062canons
capons104119502capons
capos94826072capo_s
carhops14329702carhops
carobs104818102carobs
carols85124982carols
caroms105619572caroms
cashaws15398572cashaws
cashews15428602cashews
cashoos12310792cashoos
caws96036112ca__ws
chaos105622862chao_s
chaws135022462c_haws
chews135418512c_hews
chops125019872c_hops
chow125820992c_how_
chowse144711752c_howse
cohogs125810272cohogs
cohos105921852coho_s
cows97046642c__ows
crows105727312c_rows
dhows125911222_dhows
hows106345602__hows
mahoes11313102mahoes
shows115324582_shows
wahoos122310592wahoos
yahoos12209242yahoos

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 Filter178691825510.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit82551385.33015488.0
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691386.02929638.6
 
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