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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 “hosel” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

135 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
hosel8602482(None) 
hose76547241hose_
hosed95830981hosed
hosels94218611hosels
hosen85623881hosen
hoser811529761hoser
hoses85443181hoses
hosey116127021hosey
hostel93914151hostel
hotel85520751hotel
housel95217051housel
hovel115017681hovel
losel54419421losel
botel75121862botel
bowel105621202bowel
chisel112111942chisel
chose105925402chose_
chosen116014132chosen
choses115825132choses
cosec96320182cosec
coses76949492coses
coset75748842coset
cosey106226712cosey
dorsel75315502dorsel
dose56442432dose_
dosed76626912dosed
doser66228562doser
doses65938502doses
dossel74813642dossel
dowel95618192dowel
easel54521112easel
fusel85218492fusel
gospel936532gospel
hansel95214372hansel
hassel95614212hassel
hazel176414812hazel
heel75034222h_eel
hirsel9138682hirsel
hoe67562722ho_e_
hoed87837982ho_ed
hoer76533982ho_er
hoes75755732ho_es
hoise85224772hoise_
hoised105117432hoised
hoises94823682hoises
hoke115935932hoke_
hoked135326992hoked
hokes126231642hokes
hokey155422182hokey
hole77553392hole_
holed95634132holed
holes84748652holes
holey115626902holey
home98042442home_
homed115425422homed
homely145313182homely
homer105828452homer
homes106938822homes
homey135924842homey
hone77549322hone_
honed95332262honed
honer85332092honer
hones88144492hones
honey115629912honey
hooey114926602hooey
hope96639672hope_
hoped115628182hoped
hoper105829142hoper
hopes105835642hopes
horal86328682horal
horse86132652horse_
horsed105321082horsed
horses94729352horses
horsey125115402horsey
hos68364192hos__
hosers95223972hosers
hoseys124614012hoseys
hosier94219612hosier
host77852832hos_t
hosta85917832hosta
hosted105020342hosted
hostels103712322hostels
hostly124210862hostly
hosts85526702hosts
hotels94515522hotels
house89131422house_
housed105624102housed
housels105312142housels
houser95322282houser
houses96032282houses
hove107132222hove_
hovels125413342hovels
hover115524132hover
howe106734102howe_
howes114730262howes
howl107625692ho_wl
hoyle11314412hoyle
koel84519942ko_el
lose45144582lose_
losels64714592losels
loser54728672loser
loses56742012loses
model84521692model
mohel104914832mohel
morel75729092morel
morsel85815892morsel
mosey105922872mosey
motel76623242motel
noel45226552no_el
nose46739362nose_
nosed65524562nosed
noses55435642noses
nosey85619882nosey
novel85615992novel
ose38147342_ose_
oses46641512_oses
ousel55222402ousel
pose66441732pose_
posed85828412posed
poser75128772poser
poses74642762poses
rose46148902rose_
rosed65930352rosed
roses56445772roses
roset55945242roset
rowel84721412rowel
sel38253322__sel
shovel124611322shovel
sorel56231442sorel
those85218142those_
towel84920522towel
vowel115515012vowel
whose114914532whose_
yodel94714082yodel
yokel124812612yokel

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit538001351.59333772.8
3Display Results1351350.0304500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911351.92392923.0
 
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