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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 “kohls” 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.

83 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
kohls1243780(None) 
koels94613901koels
kohl113911711kohl_
bohos105618252bohos
boils75427192boils
bolls75531312bolls
bowls106121432bowls
buhls105111802buhls
coals76129602coals
cohos105921852cohos
coils75030082coils
cols66553082co_ls
cools75632632cools
cowls106922212cowls
dahls95012282dahls
dolls66126922dolls
dols56943052do_ls
foals85721692foals
fohns117310782fohns
foils85025812foils
fools86824202fools
fouls87221432fouls
fowls115518892fowls
goals65521292goals
hols76946292ho_ls
howls116219222howls
johns15398712johns
jowls156214522jowls
kails95525212kails
keels94622412keels
khis117017982k_his
kills94526172kills
knolls10367412knolls
koala95112212koala
koalas104011662koalas
koans95818622koans
koas85635092ko_as
kobos115616892kobos
kobs105831082ko_bs
koel84519942koel_
kois85129402ko_is
kojis16468442kojis
kola85124962ko_la
kolas94822232kolas
kolo87026222ko_lo
kolos94921212kolos
konks84917112konks
kooks85217262kooks
kophs145010932kophs
kops107031292ko_ps
koras95927112koras
kors85933012ko_rs
kos76944822ko__s
koss85224812ko_ss
kotos95717702kotos
lolls512121732lolls
mohels115011332mohels
moils76125752moils
molls75129782molls
mols65948572mo_ls
mools76027172mools
noels56418702noels
noils55024332noils
ohms95514032_ohms
ohs66232312_oh_s
oils46337972_oils
oohs75220692ooh_s
owls76022932_owls
polls74627722polls
pols66044562po_ls
pools74427702pools
roils54826792roils
rolls55326232rolls
rotls55620162rotls
skoals10438242skoals
soils55327982soils
sols45448162so_ls
souls55127362souls
toils54527492toils
tolls54728432tolls
tools55325242tools
wools84421462wools
yowls115715432yowls

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800831.53335094.6
3Display Results83830.0136384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691831.85696277.5
 
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