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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 “hellboxes” 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
hellboxes215429(None) 
hellbox1944982hellbox__
hellebores1554122hellebores
hellholes1545722hellholes
helloes103717462hell_o_es
pillboxes2053352pillboxes
bellboys1544523bellbo_ys
bolloxes1736833boll_oxes
coalboxes2043683coalboxes
feedboxes2242553feedboxes
felloes104114383fell_o_es
gearboxes1942933gearboxes
halloes104021523hall_o_es
hatboxes2055003h_atboxes
helixes1739133he_l_ixes
hellbroths1851803hellbroths
hellebore1444153hellebore_
helleries122611683helleries
hellfires1564463hellfires
hellhole1445243hellhole_
hellions11310023hellio_ns
hellkites1644633hellkites
helloed113512423hell_o_ed
hellos95321683hell_o__s
hilloes103815963hill_o_es
holloes103818193holl_o_es
hotboxes2045063h_otboxes
hulloes104113923hull_o_es
mailboxes2042713mailboxes
pegboxes2043143pe_gboxes
saltboxes1853083saltboxes
teaboxes1745063te_aboxes
toolboxes1843213toolboxes
wellholes1544663wellholes

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641346.96621338.1
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.40524131.1
 
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