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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 “pooftah” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
pooftah154314(None) 
pooftahs1642361pooftahs
loofah12375812loof_ah
poofter1237162poofter
booth105522013boo_t_h
coolth1139513coolt_h
goombah1543113goombah
hookah16488243hoo_kah
hoorah124411113hoo_rah
hootch14386413hoo_tch
loofa85912813loof_a_
loofahs13364623loof_ahs
loofas9429833loof_as
lotah85315853_lo_tah
moolah11409193moo_lah
oompah1334253_oompah
pooch124815303poo__ch
poof95541663poof___
poofs105222793poof__s
poofters1336923poofters
poofy136213273poof__y
pooh96027383poo___h
poontang1143813poontang
poorish123712303poorish
poortith1355363poortith
portal84218463p_ortal
postal84317533p_ostal
posttax1645533posttax
potash1138273p_o_tash
prutah1136583p_rutah
rooftop12133253rooftop
softa86415183_softa_
softas94410403_softas
sooth85924063soo_t_h
tooth88020183too_t_h

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit134027357.42318055.6
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.59223536.7
 
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