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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 “freehold” 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.

39 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
freehold155468(None) 
freeholds1643741freeholds
freehand1574992freehand
freeholder1753102freeholder
freeload1244732freeload
behold1247343__behold
feedhole1543873feedhole
fivefold1852553fivefold
foothold1545203foothold
foretold1256493foretold
freeboard1545253freeboard
freeboot1345933freeboot
freeborn1344803freeborn
freed95223543free___d
freedom1345863freedo_m
freedoms1445433freedoms
freeform1644703freeform
freeholders1852853freeholders
freeloads1343903freeloads
freely12310963free__ly
freewill1443413freewill
frescoed1436053frescoed
freshed143312593fresh_ed
freshly16286833fresh_ly
kneehole15103343kneehole
overhold15219013overhold
premold1247863pr_emold
presold1059603pr_esold
pretold1049083pr_etold
reechoed1436083_reechoed
refold103812113_r_efold
remold93412973_r_emold
reshod103012233_resho_d
reshoed112212153_reshoed
resold73915363_r_esold
retold73013753_r_etold
threefold1652113threefold
threshold1642913threshold
toehold1146573_toehold

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162396.64022012.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.06225303.2
 
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