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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 “shotholes” 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.

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
shotholes154618(None) 
shothole1445511shothole_
knotholes1644172knotholes
potholes13312932_potholes
anetholes1246673anetholes
blowholes1744473blowholes
boltholes1445723boltholes
footholds1644363footholds
foxholes2144693_foxholes
hotboxes2045063_hotboxes
hothouse1447353_hothouse
hothouses1547763_hothouses
knothole1544073knothole_
loopholes1448893loopholes
pestholes1448233pestholes
portholes14410373portholes
postholes14410453postholes
pothole12312173_pothole_
potholed1448393_potholed
ratholes11312413_ratholes
rootholds1343773rootholds
shoeboxes2143953shoeboxes
shoehorns15113743shoehorns
shooled115212663sho__oled
shools94919013sho__ol_s
shorthorns1643613shorthorns
shotes95321913shot___es
shuttles1136553shut_tles
sinkholes1684323sinkholes
skatoles1236143skat_oles
soothes103917113sooth__es
sotols63714473s_ot_ol_s
stokeholes1753653stokeholes
stoles63927673s__t_oles
systoles1146483syst_oles
tholes94919783___tholes

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641366.73622066.7
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.18524870.0
 
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