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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 “hodad” 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.

66 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
hodad1031135(None) 
hodads1147961hodads
aoudad835042aoudad
audad71511392audad
boded95124962boded
coda77029342coda_
codas84724242codas
coded95433182coded
dad58456162__dad
doodad936422doodad
goad66830982go_ad
gonad75216052gonad
had77658762h__ad
hadal95518122hadal
haded105227622haded
head87137172h_ead
hexad164910622hexad
hided105222442hided
hoar76729162ho_ar
hoard94918312hoard
hoax147718292ho_ax
hod76852462ho__d
hodaddy1642132hodaddy
hods87239862hod_s
hoed87837982ho_ed
hogan97817702hogan
hoked135326992hoked
holard10410572holard
hold86235062ho_ld
holed95634132holed
homed115425422homed
honan85319772honan
honda9414982honda_
hondas10313352hondas
honed95332262honed
hood85132332ho_od
hooded114616742hooded
hoped115628182hoped
hora76136562hora_
horah117922052horah
horal86328682horal
horas86333102horas
horded115420482horded
hosed95830982hosed
houdah1335172houdah
hound95016482hound
howdah1634722howdah
hoya107418372hoya_
hoyas115016162hoyas
iodid74315532iodid
load56730602lo_ad
modal85919242modal
monad85519472monad
nodal64717792nodal
nomad86016182nomad
oda48133042_oda_
odah87018932_odah
odas57230262_odas
odd57725452_od_d
orad56031692_orad
road56332112ro_ad
soda56329382soda_
sodas64123542sodas
toad55830182to_ad
today96416952today
woad85523942wo_ad

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit53800662.90618513.4
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.10857493.9
 
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