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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 “hotelman” 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.

31 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
hotelman134410(None) 
hotelmen1344191hotelmen
bogeyman1643223bogeyman
choreman15117603chore_man
dolman95312403do__lman
foeman11311233fo_e_man
foreman12312363fore_man
gateman1057473gate_man
hetman112510603h__etman
hitman112710223hit__man
homeland1446243homel_and
horseman1346833horseman
hotel85520753hotel___
hoteldom1463383hoteldom
hotelier1137633hotelier
hotels94515523hotel__s
houseman1346583houseman
moneyman1545223moneyman
motorman1246143motorman
nobleman1244313nobleman
oilman839483_o_ilman
ottoman946283_ottoman
overman12311463_overman
potman102813573pot__man
routeman10135493route_man
sokeman1337263soke_man
teleman959573__teleman
tollman935863to_llman
waterman1397283waterman
wheelman1642813wheelman
woolman1235433wo_olman

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162317.46619577.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.90522604.8
 
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