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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forfoxhounds” 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.

20 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
foxhounds235234(None) 
foxhound2283101foxhound_
foxhunts2141992foxh_unts
boarhounds1652023boarhounds
chowhounds2251643chowhounds
cofounds1444713co_founds
compounds1654503compounds
confounds1544323confounds
coonhounds1652193coonhounds
elkhounds1751933elkhounds
expounds1843233_expounds
fogbound1542953fogbound_
foghorns1544113foghorn_s
founds104814193f___ounds
foxholes2144693foxho_les
foxhunt2043173foxh_un_t
horehounds1743403horehounds
hounds104413133___hounds
rockhounds2052193rockhounds
wolfhounds2051523wolfhounds

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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641206.05024568.8
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691206.46627635.5