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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 “holdbacks” 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.

40 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
holdbacks214431(None) 
holdback2044511holdback_
halfbacks2343992halfbacks
hardbacks2145372hardbacks
hogbacks2044852ho_gbacks
rollbacks1744642rollbacks
blowbacks2243673blowbacks
boldfaces1793223boldfaces
callbacks1945023callbacks
coldcocks1742543coldcocks
comebacks2145273comebacks
fallbacks2044353fallbacks
feedbacks2143653feedbacks
fullbacks2043603fullbacks
goldbricks2051143goldbricks
halfback2244243halfback_
hardback2045633hardback_
hardhacks2243703hardhacks
hardpacks2143623hardpacks
hardtacks1943803hardtacks
hogback1945453ho_gback_
holdalls1244333hold_alls
holdfasts1642233holdfasts
hopsacks1944733ho_psacks
horsebacks2144153horsebacks
humpbacks2443173humpbacks
mossbacks1943713mossbacks
outbacks1638983_outbacks
plowbacks2243123plowbacks
pollacks1656373pol_lacks
pullbacks1943773pullbacks
rollback1644883rollback_
roorbacks1764653roorbacks
shellbacks2153423shellbacks
slotbacks1743863slotbacks
softbacks2043883softbacks
talkbacks1643783talkbacks
thornbacks21152443thornbacks
tombacks18216463to_mbacks
whalebacks2453013whalebacks

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641406.43623095.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.87525991.4
 
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