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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 “kazoos” 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.

25 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
kazoos1925911(None) 
bazoos173212621bazoos
gazoos163010221gazoos
karoos102415801karoos
kazoo183311531kazoo_
wazoos18288551wazoos
azons146518252_azons
baboos103517012baboos
bazoo163815672bazoo_
bazooms20285382bazooms
gazoo153112872gazoo_
kabobs14439302kabobs
kaons95014852ka_ons
kapoks11347262kapoks
karoo92519582karoo_
kaross101910012kaross
karroos1139312karroos
kayoes134710822kayoes
kayos127714702ka_yos
razors154711662razors
taboos83815432taboos
wahoos122310592wahoos
wazoo173011172wazoo_
yahoos12209242yahoos
zoos135828802__zoos

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551252.43633887.9
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691252.78264231.1
 
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