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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 “ghouls” 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.

32 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
ghouls103604(None) 
ghoul959051ghoul_
fouls87221432_fouls
gaols66717572gao_ls
ghauts10447782ghauts
ghosts10489272ghosts
ghoulie1144262ghoulie
ghoulies1235392ghoulies
ghoulish1543542ghoulish
ghylls1335142ghylls
glouts74414712glouts
goals65521292g_oals
gouts64826172g_outs
groups94210512groups
grouts75015612grouts
growls104711112growls
guls55930852g__uls
hauls86123732_hauls
hols76946292_ho_ls
hours85422392_hours
howls116219222_howls
khoums1594012khoums
shauls94913112shauls
shoals94215792shoals
shools94919012shools
shorls94516202shorls
should1038032should
shouts94017722shouts
shuls85319712sh_uls
souls55127362_souls
thous86017262thou_s
whorls124410162whorls

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551322.36034979.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691322.71965719.4
 
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