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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 “townhouse” 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.

29 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
townhouse154428(None) 
townhouses1653851townhouses
tollhouse1244542tollhouse
toolhouse1244692toolhouse
townhome1644052townho_me
townhomes1743992townhomes
boathouse1445943boathouse
cookhouse1844933cookhouse
doghouse1345413do_ghouse
dollhouse1344053dollhouse
dosshouse1343713dosshouse
funhouse1444523_funhouse
henhouse1445573_henhouse
hothouse1447353ho_thouse
longhouse1345403longhouse
outhouse11310883_outhouse
poorhouse1445313poorhouse
pothouse1348703po_thouse
powerhouse1852473powerhouse
roadhouse1344673roadhouse
roundhouse1472923roundhouse
storehouse1343833storehouse
taphouse1346333t_aphouse
teahouse1146073t_eahouse
tollhouses1344553tollhouses
toolhouses1344573toolhouses
treehouse1245033treehouse
unhouse1038923__unhouse
workhouse1945253workhouse

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641296.50322857.3
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691296.93625762.8
 
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