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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 “hatpins” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
hatpins12341064(None) 
harpins123615701harpins
hatpin112610611hatpin_
catkins133012562catkins
catlins93818842catlins
haemins122811402haemins
hairpins1365432hairpins
happens14359172happens
happing153817232happing
haptens124511342haptens
harmins123716722harmins
harpies123818322harpies
harpin113614382harpin_
harping134118382harping
harpings14379772harpings
hasping134414902hasping
hating104929712hat_ing
hatting113920232hatting
headpins1436102headpins
hoatzins2043842hoatzins
lapins84520682la_pins
lattins74115482lattins
matins84527782mat_ins
mattins93316142mattins
patins87528782pat_ins
ratlins73615582ratlins
satins64930482sat_ins

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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671276.34316974.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.10925135.9
 
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