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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 “choosey” 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.

28 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
choosey1545923(None) 
choose115116141choose_
chooser124412971chooser
chooses125717421chooses
choosy14459101choos_y
chaoses124715122chaoses
chokey184811712ch_okey
choosers134810872choosers
choosier1337172choosier
chose105925402ch_ose_
chosen116014132ch_osen
choses115825132ch_oses
chouse116017562chouse_
choused135012462choused
chouser125212942chouser
chouses125117812chouses
chowse144711752chowse_
chowsed16478612chowsed
chowses155611282chowses
cooey105828222c_oo_ey
cookey155414332c_ookey
cosey106226712c__osey
goosey105913512_goosey
hooey114926602_hoo_ey
hookey164713932_hookey
horsey125115402_horsey
hosey116127022_h_osey
phooey14379232phoo_ey

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit107671282.86037647.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.23255288.1
 
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