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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 “firehouses” 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.

32 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
firehouses1613515(None) 
firehouse15135531firehouse_
birdhouses1643322birdhouses
farmhouses1844012farmhouses
icehouses1445012_icehouses
rehouses11312112__rehouses
warehouses1645812warehouses
alehouses1246583_alehouses
bakehouses19134453bakehouses
bedehouses1644093bedehouses
birdhouse1543703birdhouse_
cirrhoses1443883cirrho_ses
farmhouse1744033farmhouse_
firebases1446583fire_bases
fireboxes2144773firebo_xes
flophouses1853963flophouses
forehooves1963583forehooves
funhouses1544593f_unhouses
gatehouses1445263gatehouses
icehouse1344763_icehouse_
millhouses1544073millhouses
rehouse10311773__rehouse_
rehoused1239613__rehoused
storehouses1453833storehouses
treehouses1345193treehouses
vitreouses1343003vitre_ouses
warehouse1545793warehouse_
warehoused1743743warehoused
warehouser1643973warehouser
warehousers1752693warehousers
whorehouses2053333whorehouses
workhouses2044893workhouses

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603326.26622439.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.70226662.3
 
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