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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 “headachy” 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.

29 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
headachy204331(None) 
headache1744701headache
headachey2142551headachey
headaches1845032headaches
beachy164011253be__achy
berdache1644033berdache
earache1239333_earache
endarchy1743343_endarchy
halacha15388023h_alacha
headachier1952353headachier
headily1478623head_ily
headrace1446663headrac_e
headraces1546613headraces
headstay1543903headstay
headway1745553head_way
heady125117263head___y
healthy16416083hea_lthy
heartache1743703heartache
heathy156111213he__athy
heptarchy2252283heptarchy
hexarchy2642873hexarchy
heyday1635143heyda__y
huarache1644313huarache
huaracho1643523huaracho
leachy14419733le__achy
peachy164510843pe__achy
readably1438383readably
thearchy1943443thea_rchy
theomachy2252093theomachy

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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162298.03018202.0
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.48621057.2
 
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