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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 “schools” 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.

31 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
schools124911(None) 
school11410721school_
schorls1248351schorls
shools94919011s_hools
cholos114716852_cholos
chooks155312792_chooks
cools75632632_c_ools
reschools1444082reschools
schmoes14308542schmoes
schmoos14347512schmoos
schmos13379152schmo_s
schnooks1754242schnooks
schooled1447052schooled
schorl1179812schorl_
schrods1337432schrods
schuls11299852sch_uls
scoops105414362sc_oops
scoots85315942sc_oots
scowls11549592sc_owls
scrolls938062scrolls
scroops11288252scroops
sheols94614162s_heols
shoals94215792s_hoals
shooks134515632s_hooks
shool84523152s_hool_
shoos84226362s_hoo_s
shoots94619362s_hoots
shorls94516202s_horls
snools65715882s_nools
spools85115912s_pools
stools65117022s_tools

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671313.34332207.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.73247880.8
 
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