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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 “sawhorses” 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.

34 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
sawhorses154375(None) 
sawhorse1443521sawhorse_
seahorses1246162seahorses
warhorses1545572warhorses
ahorse9311513_a_horse_
aphorises14310003_aphorises
baghouses1545463baghouses
bathoses13310463batho_ses
carthorses1546363carthorses
catharses1446413catharses
cathouses1439433cathouses
gashouses1345763gashouses
horses94729343___horses
katharses1643873katharses
madhouses1545743madhouses
packhorses2143363packhorses
pathoses13412773patho_ses
racehorses1543923racehorses
redhorses1345653redhorses
saroses73619333sa_ro_ses
savories11311273sa_vories
sawbones13126643sawbo_nes
sawboneses1541603sawboneses
saxhorns1843833saxhor_ns
seahorse1145593seahorse_
seashores1247963seashor_es
senhores112810993senhor_es
shores94830413s__hor_es
studhorses1452193studhorses
taphouses1446553taphouses
unhorses1138453_unhorses
warhorse1445343warhorse_
whores125617103__whor_es
worses95522953__w_orses

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641346.72022119.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.17224915.1
 
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