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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 “howdies” 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.

53 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
howdies14291195(None) 
dowdies123412731dowdies
hoodies113419831hoodies
howdie13349731howdie_
howdied15296841howdied
rowdies113112691rowdies
bawdies134613392bawdies
bodies94524142bo_dies
boodies103721442boodies
cowpies143314282cowpies
cowries124218012cowries
crowdies1437552crowdies
doodies94218772doodies
dowdier12328572dowdier
dowdiest13328952dowdiest
dowries114413982dowries
foodies113416752foodies
goodies93516992goodies
hardies114923232hardies
hawkies173311242hawkies
hoagies112811992hoagies
hobbies143813342hobbies
hoddins12289372hoddins
hogties112813992hogties
holies94630032ho_lies
hollies103420812hollies
homies114524722ho_mies
hondles113614522hondles
hongies112716472hongies
honkies143015142honkies
hoodie105116142hoodie_
hoodier113812972hoodier
hoodiest122413172hoodiest
hookies144017442hookies
hordes104921632hord_es
hotties103016962hotties
howdahs1733612howdahs
howes114730262how__es
hurdies114015662hurdies
noddies93512042noddies
oldies7314422_oldies
roadies83317442roadies
rowdier11348592rowdier
rowdiest12259212rowdiest
shoddies1336052shoddies
soddies92312852soddies
toadies82914862toadies
toddies93011992toddies
todies74223552to_dies
towies93521192tow_ies
townies103113622townies
woodies113517152woodies
yowies123913732yow_ies

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671532.82638100.1
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691533.21855528.6
 
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