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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 “baldheads” 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.

46 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
baldheads164413(None) 
baldhead1544271baldhead_
billheads1564252billheads
boltheads1545122boltheads
bulkheads1963372bulkheads
bullheads1564282bullheads
hardheads1745772hardheads
acidheads1642653acidheads
airheads1246133_airheads
allheals1143913_allheals
altheas1038233_althea_s
balded105417513bald_e_d_
baldies105317703baldie__s
baldness1137043baldne_ss
ballads104212913bal__lads
bandeaus1146503band_eaus
barehead1446603barehead_
beachheads2142433beachheads
beheads1338523b__eheads
bigheads15145653b_igheads
billhead1464433billhead_
blackheads2264113blackheads
blueheads1544063blueheads
bolthead1445903bolthead_
boneheads1545203boneheads
bowheads1745373b_owheads
bulkhead1863673bulkhead_
bullhead1464783bullhead_
buttheads1553903buttheads
catheads1438123ca_theads
deadheads1544023deadheads
fatheads1536763fa_theads
flatheads1644873flatheads
giltheads1443123giltheads
godheads1443983_godheads
handhelds1743763handhelds
hardhead1645883hardhead_
hashheads1543393hashheads
jarheads1944793ja_rheads
mastheads1545243mastheads
nailheads1343653nailheads
railheads1343973railheads
redheads1336173_redheads
sapheads1466083sa_pheads
warheads1545853wa_rheads
wellheads1653323wellheads

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641468.31317880.5
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691468.73220463.9
 
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