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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 “howf” 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.

155 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
howf13612720(None) 
hoof106036581hoof
how97252431how_
howe106734101howe
howff175110491howff
howfs144814501howfs
howk145221961howk
howl107625691howl
hows106345601hows
boff124727332boff
bow87051902bow_
bowl96827702bowl
bows96242862bows
chow125820992chow_
chows135618202chows
coff126930782coff
coif96337912coif
coof96643272coof
corf95941482corf
cow89856712cow_
cowl97530812cowl
cows97046642cows
cowy126427362cowy
dhow116614002dhow_
dhows125911222dhows
doff116225782doff
dow76749972dow_
down86427492down
dows85941052dows
fowl105723632fowl
golf85731182golf
goof85436872goof
gowd96519982gowd
gowk125516472gowk
gown85724072gown
haaf106227732haaf
half106238452half
haw97153272haw_
hawk145521152hawk
haws106439442haws
hew97642722hew_
hewn106719852hewn
hews105631572hews
ho510258272ho__
hoar76729162hoar
hoax147718292hoax
hob87550922ho_b
hobo97026082hobo
hobs97038982hobs
hock136031302hock
hod76852462ho_d
hods87239862hods
hoe67562722ho_e
hoed87837982hoed
hoer76533982hoer
hoes75755732hoes
hog78049062ho_g
hogg96617532hogg
hogs87139662hogs
hoke115935932hoke
hold86235062hold
hole77553392hole
holk116027942holk
holm95628112holm
holp95727552holp
hols76946292hols
holt77852582holt
holy106333432holy
home98042442home
homo96126472homo
homy126623222homy
hon67759382ho_n
hone77549322hone
hong85833952hong
honk116931192honk
hons77350782hons
hood85132332hood
hoofs115721042hoofs
hook116133282hook
hoop96129982hoop
hoot75752102hoot
hop87554592ho_p
hope96639672hope
hops97942632hops
hora76136562hora
horn76735612horn
hos68364192ho_s
hose76547242hose
host77852832host
hot67776062ho_t
hots78349332hots
hour75827312hour
hove107132222hove
howdy155711412howdy
howes114730262howes
howffs18535042howffs
howks155016852howks
howls116219222howls
hoy97447912ho_y
hoya107418372hoya
hoys107733932hoys
huff135623842huff
jow137639302jow_
jowl146120302jowl
jows146632092jows
loaf76734902loaf
loof78141052loof
low66051872low_
lowe75435312lowe
lown76929292lown
lows75843012lows
mow86650352mow_
mown95424442mown
mows96340832mows
now65950192now_
nows75738232nows
nowt78833752nowt
oaf65952882_oaf
of58247772_o_f
off96331632_off
ow58950172_ow_
owe67041032_owe
owl66228972_owl
own66429702_own
poof95541662poof
pouf95732642pouf
pow87147282pow_
pows95537662pows
rolf75134872rolf
roof75738832roof
row67453672row_
rows75941752rows
show106229192show_
shown115216482shown
shows115324582shows
showy145714012showy
sow66554762sow_
sown75127452sown
sows75342492sows
toff105929902toff
tow610557362tow_
town76928702town
tows78545552tows
towy105325472towy
vow96136312vow_
vows106626942vows
whoof144612692whoof
wolf105729562wolf
woof106532422woof
wow96643472wow_
wows104633492wows
yow96945292yow_
yowe106728742yowe
yowl105820952yowl
yows106433122yows

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721550.87634100.5
3Display Results1551550.0305166.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911551.186150666.9
 
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