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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 “hovel” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

127 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
hovel11501768(None) 
hosel86024811hosel
hotel85520751hotel
hove107132221hove_
hovels125413331hovels
hover115524131hover
novel85615991novel
shovel124611321shovel
bevel104517042bevel
botel75121862botel
bowel105621202bowel
cove95837072cove_
coved115027372coved
coven106925042coven
cover105430772cover
coves105539172coves
covet105638942covet
covey136121782covey
devel94217122devel
dove85131562dove_
doven94718552doven
doves94728152doves
dowel95618192dowel
fovea11310482fovea
foveal1237702foveal
gavel95815182gavel
grovel104310542grovel
have106137072have_
haven114718532haven
haver115124462haver
haves116034872haves
hazel176414812hazel
heel75034222h_eel
hive106029672hive_
hived125217912hived
hives116925512hives
hoe67562722ho_e_
hoed87837982ho_ed
hoer76533982ho_er
hoes75755732ho_es
hoke115935932hoke_
hoked135326992hoked
hokes126231642hokes
hokey155422182hokey
hole77553392hole_
holed95634132holed
holes84748652holes
holey115626902holey
home98042442home_
homed115425422homed
homely145313172homely
homer105828452homer
homes106938812homes
homey135924842homey
hone77549322hone_
honed95332262honed
honer85332092honer
hones88144492hones
honey115629912honey
hooey114926602hooey
hooved134713122hooved
hoover124314432hoover
hooves124815482hooves
hope96639672hope_
hoped115628182hoped
hoper105829142hoper
hopes105835642hopes
horal86328682horal
hose76547242hose_
hosed95830982hosed
hosels94218602hosels
hosen85623882hosen
hoser811529762hoser
hoses85443172hoses
hosey116127022hosey
hostel93914152hostel
hotels94515512hotels
housel95217042housel
hoveled14209292hoveled
hovers124320252hovers
howe106734102howe_
howes114730262howes
howl107625692ho_wl
hoyle11314412hoyle
kevel124213102kevel
koel84519942ko_el
level84116552level
losel54419422losel
love75234762love_
loved95021362loved
lovely12339712lovely
lover85526452lover
loves85332012loves
model84521692model
mohel104914832mohel
morel75729092morel
motel76623242motel
move96630722move_
moved114218152moved
mover104220862mover
moves106128422moves
navel87016572navel
noel45226552no_el
novels95512502novels
oval77119522_oval
oven76624142_oven
over77227342_over
ravel84621512ravel
revel84423162revel
rove75136982rove_
roved95323552roved
roven85521972roven
rover85527372rover
roves84834482roves
rowel84721412rowel
shove114421042shove_
shoved134214282shoved
shovels13378392shovels
shover124515992shover
shoves124919422shoves
sorel56231442sorel
towel84920522towel
vowel115515012vowel
wove105624312wove_
woven115215172woven
yodel94714082yodel
yokel124812612yokel

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit538001271.57634137.1
3Display Results1271270.0462760.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911271.96590936.9
 
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