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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 “hobnails” 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
hobnails134330(None) 
hobnail1243971hobnail_
bobtails1245192bobtails
hobnailed1542252hobnailed
horntails12124822horntails
toenails847212toenails
agnails837003_agnails
bails75933523__b_ails
bobtail1146553bobtail_
brails84621293__brails
councils1246973councils
doornails1043623doornails
foxtails1844583foxtails
hails85231643h___ails
hangnails1353003hangnails
hobbies143813343hob_bies
hobbits14317553hob_bits
hobnailing1642513hobnailing
hobnobs1443603hobn_obs
holdalls1244333holdalls
honans94814503ho_na_ns
hongies112716473ho_ngies
honkies143015143ho_nkies
hornbill1384173hornbill
hornbills1493863hornbills
hornfels1443783hornfels
hornily1338283horn_ily
horntail11105033horntail_
hymnals1543523hymna_ls
jobnames1942903jobnames
moonsails1144493moonsails
nails55730403___nails
obtains939163_obtains
oxtails1436383_oxtails
pontils9312213po_ntils
renails74917263_renails
snails64816653__snails
tenails73713923_tenails
thumbnails1751583thumbnails
toenail738783toenail_
tonsils7310183to_nsils
topsails1075093topsails
trenails869843trenails
unnails738223_unnails

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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162447.09620597.8
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691447.27924548.8
 
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