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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 “howlet” 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.

41 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
howlet12351834(None) 
howled134014971howled
howler123514311howler
howlets13329221howlets
owlet83324461_owlet
bowled125018142bowled
bowleg12369182bowleg
bowler114217312bowler
collet84030362collet
cowled125218392cowled
fowled133914102fowled
fowler123712582fowler
goblet93219482goblet
goglet84618582goglet
hamlet113722792hamlet
haslet93222712haslet
hogget114715762hogget
hole77553392ho_le_
holed95634132ho_led
holes84748652ho_les
holey115626902ho_ley
holler93520612holler
holt77852582ho_l_t
hooklet142510812hooklet
hornet94926432hornet
howbeit1545662howbeit
howe106734102how_e_
howes114730262how_es
howked177312342howked
howl107625692howl__
howlers133312352howlers
howls116219222howl_s
hoyle11314412hoyle_
hoyles12315012hoyles
jowled174210802jowled
owlets93110392_owlets
toilet66228092toilet
tonlet62924702tonlet
townlet1049732townlet
yowled133811092yowled
yowler123310042yowler

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.20337472.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.56269746.7
 
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