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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 “potholes” 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.

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
potholes1331293(None) 
portholes14410371portholes
postholes14410451postholes
pothole12312171pothole_
potholed1448391potholed
boltholes1445722boltholes
foxholes2144692foxholes
knotholes1644172knotholes
pathoses13412772pathoses
pestholes1448232pestholes
petioles10311642petioles
pieholes13168912pieholes
pinholes131810662pinholes
porthole1349522porthole_
posoles9314882po_soles
posthole1339532posthole_
potables12179702potables
potholder1544762potholder
potholders1644342potholders
pothooks1746052pothooks
pothos114214692potho__s
pothouse1348702pothouse
pothouses1449042pothouses
pottles93816982pot_tles
pozoles1839062po_zoles
ratholes11312412ratholes
shotholes1546182shotholes
tholes94919782__tholes

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 Limit121059283.86031362.4
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691284.25042044.9
 
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