Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “handhold” 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.

44 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
handhold164563(None) 
handheld1644461handheld
handholds1745001handholds
handhelds1743762handhelds
ahold94714253_a__hold
android9311513_android
anthoid11313313_anthoid
fanfold1485373fan_fold
handball1487033handball
handbell14114523handbell
handbill14115163handbill
handbook1844733handbook
handed114919983hand__ed
handful14127253handful_
handfuls15115753handfuls
handily143610873hand_ily
handle104219293hand__le
handled124114533hand_led
handloom1444613handloom
handmaid1546133handmaid
handoff1756483hand_off
handout11314103hand_out
handsel11308723handsel_
handseled1444403handseled
handsels12317243handsels
handsome1447603handsome
handwork1946903handwork
hardhead1645883hardhead
hardihood1752803hardihood
hardwood16155743hardwood
honchoed1745733honchoed
hoodmold1542723hoodmold
ladhood1246473la_dhood
landholder1563553landholder
landlord1045163landlord
maidhood1543913maidhood
mandola1039023mand_ola
mangold1137213man_gold
manhole12311343man_hole
manhood1338993man_hood
manifold1484943manifold
manyfold1792743manyfold
sandhog1275453sandho_g
sandhogs1365483sandhogs

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit146162447.39019778.3
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691447.81322871.0
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.