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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 “household” 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.

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
household164406(None) 
households1753651households
householder1853092householder
chokehold2252693cho_kehold
hawsehole1852013hawsehole
horseshod16133253horsesho_d
horseshoed17143543horseshoed
houseboat14145853houseboat
housebound1652643housebound
houseboy1643873housebo_y
houseboys1744053houseboys
housecoat14135683housecoat
housed105624103house___d
housefly1744113house_fly
houseful1445483houseful_
housefuls1544513housefuls
householders1952853householders
housel95217053house__l_
houseled1237283house_led
houselled1346203houselled
housels105312143house__ls
housemaid1543903housemaid
houseroom1444223houseroom
housetop1343903houseto_p
housetops1444363housetops
housework1944523housework
leasehold1352203leasehold
toehold1146573to__ehold

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641286.70322175.3
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691287.12625075.9
 
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