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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 “horntails” 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.

44 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
horntails1212482(None) 
horntail11105031horntail_
hobnails1343302hobn_ails
horsetails1344732horsetails
aventails1244993aventails
bobtails1245193bo_btails
borstals1037463borsta_ls
brantails1146313brantails
coattails1144853coattails
cocktails1744933cocktails
contains10316533co_ntains
contrails11410543co_ntrails
cornballs1346313cornballs
curtails10318243cur_tails
doornails1043623doorn_ails
dovetails1343813dovetails
entails7912823__entails
fantails1139693_fantails
foresails1247153foresails
fountains1245283fountains
foxtails1844583fo_xtails
frontals1146273fronta_ls
hartals10313023har_ta_ls
hightails1645313hightails
hobnail1243973hobn_ail_
hornbill1384173horn_bill
hornbills1493863hornbills
hornfels1443783horn_fels
hornily1338283horn__ily
horsetail1244683horsetail_
mocktails1743393mocktails
moonsails1144493moonsails
mortals93914003mor_ta_ls
mountains1146363mountains
oxtails1436383_o_xtails
pintails10310163_pintails
pontils9312213po_nt_ils
ponytails1443653ponytails
portals94015563por_ta_ls
retails74718973__retails
shirttails1362653shirttails
swordtails1451683swordtails
toenails847213toen_ails
ventails1139823_ventails

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641446.48622917.2
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691446.91925826.1
 
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