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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 “kazoo” 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.

24 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
kazoo18331153(None) 
bazoo163815671bazoo
gazoo153112871gazoo
karoo92519581karoo
kazoos19259111kazoos
wazoo173011171wazoo
azo128233392_az_o
azon135725052_azon
baboo94319502baboo
bazoos173212622bazoos
gazoos163010222gazoos
kabob134113932kabob
kaon87521022ka_on
kapok10448782kapok
karoos102415802karoos
karroo10410012karroo
kayo116417552ka_yo
kayos127714702kayos
razor143012602razor
taboo73418092taboo
wahoo112413082wahoo
wazoos18288552wazoos
yahoo112911542yahoo
zoo126238912__zoo

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800241.34340059.6
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691241.656107905.2
 
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