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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 “earpiece” 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.

27 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
earpiece124316(None) 
earpieces1343351earpieces
apiece10510082_a_piece
eyepiece1542782eyepiece
hairpiece1642332hairpiece
headpiece1742802headpiece
seapiece1244372sea_piece
altarpiece1451553altarpiece
caprice1349683capri_ce
codpiece1544063codpiece
earlier72612743earlie_r
earliest82415243earliest
earphone1348253earphone
eyepieces1642643eyepieces
garpike1435093garpi_ke
hairpieces1752043hairpieces
harpies123818323harpie_s
headpieces1852833headpieces
heelpiece1652343heelpiece
neckpiece1952103neckpiece
piece96717993___piece
rearmice1255213rearmi_ce
sapience12106613sa_pience
seapieces1344123sea_pieces
tailpiece1342243tailpiece
toepiece1243273toepiece
workpiece2052013workpiece

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 Filter1786911461620.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit146162278.18617855.1
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691278.68620572.3
 
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