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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 “hostess” 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.

35 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
hostess10321024(None) 
hostels103712321hostels
cohostess1443462cohostess
costers94128342costers
costless10310002costless
fosters104220102fosters
hastens106214812hastens
hastes95727072haste_s
hoisters113513492hoisters
holsters113211942holsters
hooters104520482hooters
horstes104516112horste_s
hosels94218612hos_els
hosers95223972hos_ers
hoses85443182hos_e_s
hoseys124614012hos_eys
hosiers104212642hosiers
hostas94515832host_as
hosted105020342hoste_d
hostel93914152hoste_l
hostessed1344352hostessed
hostesses1247172hostesses
hostlers113310482hostlers
hosts85526702host__s
hotels94515522ho_tels
hotness1038612hotness
hottest10411382hottest
lostness837682lostness
mostest9314792mostest
mostests1036832mostests
poetess938932poetess
possess9419122possess
posters93928012posters
rosters73727552rosters
zosters163015412zosters

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit107671353.11034620.9
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.54650392.3
 
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