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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 “earpieces” 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.

28 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
earpieces134335(None) 
earpiece1243161earpiece_
eyepieces1642642eyepieces
hairpieces1752042hairpieces
headpieces1852832headpieces
seapieces1344122sea_pieces
altarpieces1551423altarpieces
apices104916263_a_pi_ces
apiece10510083_a_piece_
caprices1439893capri_ces
carices114220953car_i_ces
codpieces1643803codpieces
earphones1448393earphones
eyepiece1542783eyepiece_
garpikes1534373garpi_kes
hairpiece1642333hairpiece_
harpies123818313harpi__es
headpiece1742803headpiece_
heelpieces17112213heelpieces
neckpieces2052013neckpieces
parietes10714543par_ietes
pieces104217273___pieces
sapiences13116423sa_piences
seapiece1244373sea_piece_
tailpieces1452063tailpieces
toepieces1343283toepieces
varices123313573var_i_ces
workpieces2161963workpieces

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641286.56322648.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.99925530.9
 
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