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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 “wahoos” 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.

30 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
wahoos12231059(None) 
wahoo112413081wahoo_
wazoos18288551wazoos
yahoos12209241yahoos
baboos103517012baboos
bazoos173212622bazoos
cahoot11416472cahoot
cahoots1238472cahoots
cahows14399122cahows
cashoos12310792cashoos
dahoon1039052dahoon
dahoons1137752dahoons
gazoos163010222gazoos
karoos102415802karoos
kazoos19259112kazoos
mahoes11313102mahoes
shoos84226362_shoos
taboos83815432taboos
wackos155210992wackos
wagons103911212wagons
wazoo173011172wazoo_
whoof144612692w_hoof
whoofs15457242w_hoofs
whoop134211442w_hoop
whoops14487862w_hoops
whoosh15244352w_hoosh
whops135013932w_hops
whoso11509222w_hoso
woos76238802w__oos
yahoo112911542yahoo_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551302.61031628.7
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691302.96960185.6
 
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