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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 “eggheads” 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.

40 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
eggheads144292(None) 
egghead1343431egghead_
bigheads15145652bigheads
eggheaded1642562eggheaded
jugheads2042922jugheads
airheads1246133airheads
beheads1338523_beheads
bighead14126653bighead_
bowheads1745373bowheads
catheads1438123catheads
coheads13289233_coheads
deadheads1544023deadheads
egads74610923e_g__ads
eggars8398973egg__ars
egged85114393egg_e_d_
eggers84612583egg_e_rs
eggless935663eggle_ss
eggshells1451053eggshells
enneads834733e_nneads
escheats1346253escheats
fatheads1536763fatheads
gearheads1444083gearheads
godheads1443983godheads
heads95127113___heads
hogsheads1773673hogsheads
hopheads17276613hopheads
hotheads15318023hotheads
jarheads1944793jarheads
jughead1933643jughead_
longheads1444233longheads
meatheads1545963meatheads
pinheads14336243pinheads
pitheads14338143pitheads
potheads14298543potheads
redheads1336173redheads
sapheads1466083sapheads
subheads1496533subheads
towheads1544813towheads
warheads1545853warheads
wellheads1653323wellheads

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162407.22020244.0
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.64223382.8
 
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