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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 “cahow” 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.

48 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
cahow13511094(None) 
cahows14399121cahows
chow125820991c_how
achoo10315082achoo
ahoy101919182_ahoy
alow75328592_alow
avow107816462_avow
cabob114616812cabob
cachou13310622cachou
cahoot11416472cahoot
cajon144513902cajon
callow114714662callow
calo64936442calo_
calos74431902calos
camo85731752camo_
camos95927612camos
canoe75627252canoe
canon74725302canon
capo85829212capo_
capon95221872capon
capos94826072capos
carhop133610762carhop
carob95325222carob
carol75128612carol
carom95025562carom
cashaw14439792cashaw
cashew144311452cashew
cashoo11312252cashoo
caw86647932ca__w
chao95727312chao_
chaos105622862chaos
chaw126224632c_haw
chew126622132c_hew
chon96627792c_hon
chop116024922c_hop
chows135618202c_hows
coho97524492coho_
cohog117813042cohog
cohos105921852cohos
cow89856712c__ow
crow96428132c_row
dhow116614002_dhow
how97252432__how
mahoe10315572mahoe
nohow1137292nohow
show106229192_show
wahoo112413082wahoo
yahoo112911542yahoo

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800481.42337807.4
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691481.732103170.3
 
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