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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 “knothole” 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.

32 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
knothole154407(None) 
knotholes1644171knotholes
anethole1146252anethole
kneehole15103342kneehole
pothole12312172_pothole
shothole1445512shothole
anethol1045383anethol_
anetholes1246673anetholes
anethols1145843anethols
blowhole1644593blowhole
bolthole1345463bolthole
enophile1348723enophile
foothold1545203foothold
foxhole2045073_foxhole
kathode1545733k_athode
keyhole1764433k_eyhole
kneeholes16113293kneeholes
knotlike1144003knotlike
knottily1543153knottily
knowable1745043knowable
loophole1358633loophole
nonhome1248833_nonhome
notable92114903_notable
pesthole1347553pesthole
porthole1349523porthole
posthole1339533posthole
potholed1448393_potholed
potholes13312933_potholes
rathole10312053_rathole
roothold1244763roothold
shotholes1546183shotholes
thole85620843___thole

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162326.71621763.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.15524974.3
 
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