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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 “housefly” 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.

50 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
housefly174410(None) 
horsefly1744871horsefly
houseboy1643872houseboy
houseful1445472houseful
housefuls1544502housefuls
housel95217042house_l_
housels105312132house_ls
amusedly1483183amusedly
cousinly1345933cousinly
crousely1346563crouse_ly
doucely1344883douce_ly
hoarsely1444363hoarse_ly
homely145313173ho_me_ly
honestly14355933honestly
horseplay1743003horseplay
horsey125115403horse__y
horsily1338843hors_ily
hosel86024813ho_se_l_
hosels94218603ho_se_ls
hosey116127023ho_se__y
hostly124210863ho_s_tly
hourly12369623hou__rly
house89131423house___
houseboys1744043houseboys
housed105624103house__d
houseflies1644753houseflies
household1644053household
houseled1237283houseled
houselled1346203houselled
houseman1346573houseman
housemen1346563housemen
houser95322283house__r
housers104717813house_rs
houses96032273house__s
housesat1146473housesat
housesit1177093housesit
housetop1343903housetop
housewifely23121433housewifely
housewifey22122353housewifey
hoverfly2043003hoverfly
hugely1336803h_uge_ly
hushedly1842983h_ushedly
huskily17236333h_uskily
loosely1036713loose_ly
lousily1038333lous_ily
mousey115216193mouse__y
mousily1239393mous_ily
ousel55222403_ouse_l_
ousels64815273_ouse_ls
outfly1238273_ou_tfly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162507.69019006.8
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691508.10922036.1
 
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