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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 “egghead” 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.

57 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
egghead134343(None) 
eggheads1442921eggheads
bighead14126652bighead
egged85114382egg_e_d
eggheaded1642562eggheaded
jughead1933642jughead
ahead96817053__ahead
airhead1136993airhead
begged115013803begg_e_d
behead1239923_behead
bigheads15145653bigheads
bowhead1636433bowhead
cathead1338753cathead
cohead123811123_cohead
deadhead1444433deadhead
eagled82914043eagle_d
eched116919223e_che_d
edged85514513edg_e_d
egad64215413e_g__ad
eggar7458883egg__ar
egger74414403egg_e_r
eggers84612583egg_ers
eggless935663eggless
eggshell1351043eggshell
ennead736253e_nnead
escheat12410403escheat
etched123613703etche_d
fathead1437863fathead
gearhead1344433gearhead
godhead1334763godhead
head87137173___head
hogshead1673923hogshead
hophead16337923hophead
hothead14349293hothead
igged86012763igg_e_d
jarhead1835173jarhead
jugheads2042923jugheads
kegged13469243kegg_e_d
legged95713083legg_e_d
longhead1345083longhead
meathead1436793meathead
neighed12135893neighe_d
nighed113811293nighe_d
pegged114811903pegg_e_d
pinhead13347073pinhead
pithead13419593pithead
pothead133810393pothead
redhead1257053redhead
saphead1357773saphead
sighed113712053sighe_d
subhead1387693subhead
sughed113610203sughe_d
towhead1435223towhead
vegged124910013vegg_e_d
warhead1436603warhead
weighed15135933weighe_d
wellhead1543503wellhead

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 Filter1786911340270.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit134027575.92322628.2
3Display Results57570.0301900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691576.10629264.8
 
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