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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 “pigeonholes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
pigeonholes1713224(None) 
pigeonhole16132151pigeonhole_
pigeonholed18131571pigeonholed
pigeonholer17141721pigeonholer
pigeonholers18131281pigeonholers
pieholes13168913pi_e__holes
pigeonholing196963pigeonholing
pigeonites1343903pigeon_ites
pinholes131810663pi___nholes
buttonholes1652214buttonholes
eigenmodes1451404eige_nmodes
geophones1547454__geophones
ideophones1644654_ideophones
peepholes1646284p__eepholes
pestholes1448234p__estholes
picomoles1545914pi_co_moles
piehole12188554pi_e__hole_
pigeonite1244184pigeon_ite_
pigeons1039184pigeon____s
pigeonwings185914pigeonwings
pignolis1146054pig__n_olis
pinhole122010434pi___nhole_
pinochles1644864pi_noch_les
pinoles93418704pi___n_oles
potholes13312934p___otholes
videophiles2052704videophiles
videophones2053074videophones

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819279.15616253.7
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691279.59218629.2
 
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