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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 “howdie” 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.

36 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
howdie1334972(None) 
hoodie105116131hoodie
howdied15296841howdied
howdies142911951howdies
cowpie133511512cowpie
cowrie113814272cowrie
crowdie1335902crowdie
dowdier12328572dowdier
dowdies123412732dowdies
dowie94721142dow_ie
foodie104413842foodie
goodie83613992goodie
hawkie163810092hawkie
hoagie102310002hoagie
hoddin11369932hoddin
hogtie102711762hogtie
homie104622522ho_mie
hondle103914522hondle
honkie133011662honkie
hoodier113812972hoodier
hoodies113419832hoodies
hoolie93217772hoolie
horde94623052hord_e
hottie92514362hottie
howdah1634722howdah
howdy155711412howd_y
howe106734102how__e
oldie6415472_oldie
roadie72813802roadie
rowdier11348592rowdier
rowdies113112692rowdies
towie85821872tow_ie
townie93312302townie
woodie103513612woodie
yowie114616452yow_ie
zowie174313842zow_ie

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 Filter178691825510.220812231.8
2DLD Change Limit82551365.87314056.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.10929250.5
 
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