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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forelkhound” 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.

14 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
elkhound164246(None) 
elkhounds1751931elkhounds
hellhound1642772hellhound
buckhound2143193buckhound
deerhound1452663deerhound
deskbound1751843deskbound
enwound11134813e_nwound
expound1744373e_xpound
foxhound2283103foxhound
hellhounds1751993hellhounds
hound95016483___hound
newshound1652573newshound
rockhound1953003rockhound
wolfhound1951913wolfhound

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162148.87616467.1
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691149.03219784.2