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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 “horsetail” 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.

24 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
horsetail124468(None) 
horsetails1344731horsetails
horntail11105032hor_ntail
horsehair1593652horsehair
mousetail1183392mousetail
borstal939043bors_ta_l
dovetail1244393do_vetail
foresail1147823for_esail
forestal11410283foresta_l
forestall1246913forestall
forestial1247233forestial
horntails12124823hor_ntails
horseback2044263horseback
horsecar1344513horseca_r
horsecars1444763horsecars
horsehairs1683683horsehairs
horseman1346823horsema_n
horserace1445723horserace
horseshit1544783horseshit
horsewhip2052543horsewhip
housecarl1453593housecarl
housemaid1543893housemaid
mousetails12303393mousetails
retail65522073__r_etail

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641246.26623721.8
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691246.68826718.2
 
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