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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 “housings” 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.

32 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
housings1230748(None) 
housing113316521housing_
mousings11277701mousings
bousing103718042bousing_
busings103711222_busings
chousing14259422chousing_
cohousings1642122cohousings
coursings12235872coursings
cousins9516002cousin_s
dousing93315762dousing_
foulings12327942foulings
hissings12556752hissings
hocusing1446582hocusing_
hoising113414412hoising_
holdings13297742holdings
hoppings16306522hoppings
hornings12238362hornings
horsing113215582horsing_
hosing103421102ho_sing_
huskings16276042h_uskings
hustings12378682h_ustings
losings82810622lo_sings
lousing83817732lousing_
mousing103816272mousing_
musings10389542_musings
nosings8349592no_sings
outings84014752_outings
outsings93410332_outsings
rousing83920552rousing_
sousing83517822sousing_
tourings9277372tourings
tousing82916992tousing_

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059323.62633386.4
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691324.02944351.2
 
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