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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 “buttonhooking” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
buttonhooking23675(None) 
buttonholing1861332buttonh_oling
buttonhook1961703buttonhook___
buttonhooked2261043buttonhook_ed
buttonhooks2061613buttonhook__s
buttoning1246464button____ing
unhooking1735354_u___nhooking
boohooing1563425b___oohoo_ing
buttonhole1552345buttonh_o__le
buttonholed1751675buttonh_o_led
buttonholer1661685buttonh_o_ler
buttonholers1761355buttonh_olers
buttonholes1652215buttonh_o_les
buttonwood1652055buttonwoo___d
buttonwoods1751885buttonwoo__ds
onlooking1444455____onlooking
outcooking1745525ou_t__cooking
outshooting15104155ou_t_shooting
outthanking1943435outt__hanking
outthinking1943655outt__hinking
outthrowing1843045outt__hrowing
unhooding1435895_u___nhooding

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790227.78316033.7
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691228.17321863.6
 
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