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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 “hours” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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193 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
hours8542239(None) 
fours85521491fours
hoars85925551hoars
hoers85724921hoers
hour75827311hour_
houri85915251houri
houris94514581houris
lours55125291lours
ours47237561_ours
pours74623181pours
sours55230501sours
tours55325891tours
yours85217881yours
amours83512662amours
blurs74619082blurs
boars75229602boars
boors74325012boors
bourg84113842bourg
bourgs9459992bourgs
bourn75518482bourn
bourns84114062bourns
bourse84414332bourse
bouts75131312bouts
burs65847422_burs
choirs114911882choirs
chorus115014772chorus
clours85215092clours
coirs75221052coirs
cors66656442co_rs
coups95522472coups
course85117782course
court75532772court
courts84216172courts
curs65645542_curs
doers65225712doers
doors65022132doors
dorrs65520592dorrs
dors56747602do_rs
doums85417642doums
dour56330432dour_
doura66518662doura
douras75016722douras
flours94414052flours
fouls87221432fouls
four76226862four_
furs76735042_furs
gaurs66317992gaurs
ghouls1036042ghouls
goers65520252goers
gourd71011902gourd
gourds8108252gourds
gouts64826172gouts
haars85620472haars
hairs86225172hairs
hauls86123732hauls
hears86737372hears
heirs85618562heirs
hers75844872h_ers
hoar76729162hoar_
hoard94918312hoard
hoards104912622hoards
hoarse94411322hoarse
hoary114516762hoary
hobos106321352hobos
hobs97038982ho_bs
hocks144925492hocks
hocus104715202hocus
hods87239862ho_ds
hoer76533982hoer_
hoes75755732ho_es
hoggs107212462hoggs
hogs87139662ho_gs
hokes126231642hokes
hokums1533922hokums
holds94623242holds
holes84748652holes
holks124720562holks
holms105117802holms
hols76946292ho_ls
holts85627912holts
homers114821972homers
homes106938812homes
homos105921782homos
honers94324972honers
hones88144492hones
hongs95126202hongs
honks125124522honks
honors94816792honors
honours10339372honours
hons77350782ho_ns
hoods95124082hoods
hoofs115721042hoofs
hooks125027122hooks
hoops105621072hoops
hoots84830252hoots
hopers114222972hopers
hopes105835642hopes
hops97942632ho_ps
hora76136562ho_ra
horas86333102horas
horn76735612ho_rn
horns86125332horns
horse86132652ho_rse
horst85833512ho_rst
horsy116318392ho_rsy
hos68364192ho__s
hosers95223962hosers
hoses85443172hoses
hosts85526702hosts
hots78349332ho_ts
hound95016482hound
hounds104413132hounds
hourly12369622hourly
house89131422house
housers104717812housers
houses96032272houses
hovers124320252hovers
howes114730262howes
howfs144814502howfs
howks155016852howks
howls116219222howls
hows106345602ho_ws
hoyas115016162hoyas
hoys107733932ho_ys
hubs96027142h_ubs
hues75235232h_ues
hugs86129752h_ugs
humours1286432humours
hums96831422h_ums
huns76136932h_uns
hurds95219072h_urds
hurl76029932h_url
hurls86522712h_urls
hurst85527192h_urst
hurt77142572h_urt
hurts86922822h_urts
huts76737442h_uts
jouks165612342jouks
khoums1594012khoums
knurs94511152knurs
kors85933012ko_rs
kouros1039182kouros
louis57322322louis
loups75319622loups
lour45430682lour_
loury85716752loury
louts56330272louts
mohurs1135932mohurs
moors74923142moors
mors65950062mo_rs
moues75732842moues
mourn77215012mourn
mourns84111012mourns
noirs55615462noirs
nouns56717312nouns
nous46136982nou_s
oars46846032_oars
odours7418252odours
ors35750112_o_rs
ouds56430102_ouds
our36042892_our_
outs45746962_outs
poufs105616062poufs
pour611527472pour_
pouts75530322pouts
purs65641042_purs
roars55622242roars
roues56039352roues
roups75118902roups
routs57133412routs
scours84913592scours
shoers94518332shoers
shouts94017722shouts
slurs54123372slurs
soars54732512soars
sorus54527582sorus
souks94820522souks
souls55127362souls
soups75322942soups
sour45935892sour_
sous46947212sou_s
spurs74621522spurs
stours65015632stours
thous86017262thou_s
torrs53923562torrs
tors46157382to_rs
torus54329762torus
tour45530382tour_
touts54830392touts
your78623432your_
yourn87512772yourn
yous76230652you_s
zouks184410502zouks

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 Limit538001931.61033416.1
3Display Results1931930.0464195.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911931.95291542.5
 
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