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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 “hoorah” 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.

28 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
hoorah12441111(None) 
hookah16488241hookah
hoorahs13399611hoorahs
hooray123011371hooray
horah117922051h_orah
coprah133710602coprah
dhoora1035652dhoora_
dhooras1135942dhooras
dourah10479812dourah
gooral7310462gooral
hijrah1934282hijrah
hooch135813702hoo_ch
hooka125513902hooka_
hookahs17446662hookahs
hookas135312502hookas
hoorahed1545092hoorahed
hoorays13418382hoorays
hootch14386412hootch
hora76136562h_ora_
horahs126313872h_orahs
horal86328682h_oral
horas86333102h_oras
houdah1335172houdah
howdah1634722howdah
hurrah12369182hurrah
loofah12375812loofah
moolah11409192moolah
torah87125272_torah

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 Limit82551282.26636430.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691282.62268150.6
 
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