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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 “washhouses” 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.

30 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
washhouses194350(None) 
washhouse1843801washhouse_
bathhouses1844192bathhouses
gashouses1345762gas_houses
oasthouses1344972oasthouses
warehouses1645812warehouses
alehouses1246583_alehouses
backhouses2145743backhouses
baghouses1545463ba_ghouses
bakehouses19134453bakehouses
bathhouse1744193bathhouse_
cathouses1439433ca_thouses
dosshouses1443583dosshouses
farmhouses1844013farmhouses
gashouse1245693gas_house_
gatehouses1445263gatehouses
glasshouses1552463glasshouses
jailhouses2043003jailhouses
madhouses1545743ma_dhouses
oasthouse1244773oasthouse_
pesthouses1546243pesthouses
taphouses1446553ta_phouses
warehouse1545793warehouse_
warehoused1743743warehoused
warehouser1643973warehouser
warehousers1752693warehousers
warhorses1545573wa_rhorses
washouts1445903was_hou_ts
wellhouses1643783wellhouses
workhouses2044893workhouses

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603305.97023551.6
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.38927968.5
 
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