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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 “mahoe” 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.

57 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
mahoe1031557(None) 
mahoes11313101mahoes
ahoy101919182_ahoy
aloe45540192_aloe
cahow135110942cahow
canoe75627252canoe
hoe67562722__hoe
mabe85733362ma_be
mace87345792ma_ce
mache125925302mache
macho126120152macho_
machos135217492machos
macle96127002macle
macon94519952macon
made75440242ma_de
madre85720172madre
mae57659112ma__e
mage75739132ma_ge
magot8326392magot
mahout11415802mahout
mahzor2035112mahzor
maile75232222maile
maize164618562maize
major145212922major
make105537892ma_ke
mako105622362mako_
makos116518362makos
male66052302ma_le
mamie95826002mamie
mane65052032ma_ne
mange84930192mange
manhole12311342manhole
mano66536812mano_
manor78023932manor
manos74933622manos
manse75528232manse
maple95521142maple
mare64759332ma_re
marge85328332marge
marse76231152marse
mashie11315932mashie
mason74820182mason
masse75125292masse
mate65154222ma_te
matte75626842matte
mauve104013272mauve
mavie104722562mavie
maybe12311132maybe
mayo96524302mayo_
mayor106616622mayor
mayos105521932mayos
maze155434982ma_ze
mho86624622m_ho_
mhos95517772m_hos
shoe75933442_shoe
wahoo112413082wahoo
yahoo112911542yahoo

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 Filter178691538000.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit53800571.59333772.8
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691571.98290156.9
 
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