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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 “ponytail” 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.

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
ponytail134455(None) 
ponytails1443651ponytails
pintail9311182pin_tail
pontil8315462pon_t_il
ponytailed1652282ponytailed
bangtail1144353bangtail
bobtail1146553bo_btail
coattail1045313coattail
cocktail1645363cocktail
contain9315833con_tain
contrail10410983contrail
dovetail1244393dovetail
entail61114343_en_tail
fantail10310233fan_tail
fontal9313143fon_ta_l
foxtail1745383fo_xtail
horntail11105033horntail
mocktail1643673mocktail
monorail1059773monorail
oxtail1337653_o_xtail
pigtail1046623p_igtail
pintails10310163pin_tails
pontils9312213pon_t_ils
portal84218463po_rta_l
postal84317533po_sta_l
ringtail944723ringtail
ventail10310453ven_tail

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162277.12320519.7
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691277.55923639.5
 
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