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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 “ghoulish” 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.

43 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
ghoulish154354(None) 
ghoulie1144262ghouli_e
ghoulies1235392ghoulies
ghoulishly2051752ghoulishly
ghouls1036042ghoul_s_
goulash1164272g_oulash
abolish12311503abo_lish
ceorlish1345383ceorlish
choush14549063chou__sh
churlish1644903churlish
coolish12312523_coolish
coulis84018763_coulis_
dollish11610093_dollish
flourish1446753flourish
foolish1339613_foolish
ghiblis1353343ghiblis_
ghoul959053ghoul___
girlish1137193g_irlish
gnomish1345563gno_mish
goatish1139563g_oatish
golosh1036463g_o_losh
goodish1237963g_oodish
goyish13379013g_o_yish
hellish13310723_hellish
hogfish17257023_hogfish
hoggish15247593_hoggish
holism113713753_ho_lism
holist94723213_ho_list
hottish13117903_hottish
houris94514583_houris_
loudish1137983_loudish
loutish1039963_loutish
mulish11311903__mulish
nourish1039703_nourish
owlish1238703__owlish
polish114916723_po_lish
shortish1437423shortish
shouldst1243393shouldst
snoutish1145783snoutish
sourish10310693_sourish
stoutish1145903stoutish
wholism1535883who_lism
whorish1636603who_rish

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162436.15623743.0
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691436.59227107.3
 
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