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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 “hooknoses” 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.

26 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
hooknoses164435(None) 
hooknose1544271hooknose_
hooknosed1742411hooknosed
hawknoses1942412hawknoses
hognoses12108142h_ognoses
zoonoses1746202zoo_noses
bookcases1743873bookcases
booklores1545073booklores
conenoses1188903conenoses
cookhouses1944603cookhouses
footnotes1244323footnotes
hardnoses1346233hardnoses
hawknose1842323hawknose_
hognose11117243h_ognose_
hommoses1538163h_ommoses
hookies144017443hook__ies
hookless151238363hookles_s
hookworms2143783hookworms
hoopoes121212483hoo_po_es
hypnoses1646633h_ypnoses
kolkhoses1543493kolkhoses
prognoses1247533prognoses
pyknoses1783573_pyknoses
rockroses1545563rockroses
woodnotes1344163woodnotes
zoonosis1744393zoo_nosis

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 Filter1786911486410.846211218.7
2DLD Change Limit148641266.89021573.4
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691267.73623098.6
 
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