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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 “houseboaters” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
houseboaters175247(None) 
houseboater1652911houseboater_
houseboats15144492houseboat__s
houseboat14145843houseboat___
housebreakers2262133housebreakers
housecoats15134353housecoat__s
housefathers2151823house_fathers
householders1952853householders
housemasters17153623housemasters
housemates1546133house_mate_s
housemothers2062083housemothers
honeyeaters1752904ho_neyeaters
horsefeathers2261194horsefeathers
horseplayers2051744horseplayers
horsepowers1952934horsepo_wers
houseboys1744044housebo___ys
housebreaker2162434housebreaker_
housecoat14135674housecoat___
housefather2051994house_father_
householder1853094householder_
housekeepers2192374housekeepers
housemaster16163584housemaster_
housemate1445944house_mate__
housemother1952294housemother_
housepainters1861124housepainters
housewares1645414house_ware_s
iceboaters1442444__iceboaters
motorboaters1661614motorboaters

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790286.37319581.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.77926359.5
 
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