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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhellhound” 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.

16 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
hellhound164277(None) 
hellhounds1751991hellhounds
elkhound1642462_elkhound
deerhound1452663deerhound
elkhounds1751933_elkhounds
hellhole1445243hellho_le
hellholes1545723hellholes
hellion10311133hellio_n_
hellions11310023hellio_ns
helloed113512423hell_o_ed
helloing12159123hell_oing
horehound1644703horehound
newshound1652573newshound
spellbound1551403spellbound
wellhouse1553843wellhouse
wolfhound1951913wolfhound

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641166.93621430.4
3Display Results16160.0161000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691167.37524229.3