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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 “headhunt” 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.

33 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
headhunt154469(None) 
headhunts1643121headhunts
headcount1543582headcount
headhunted1871972headhunted
headhunter1762242headhunter
haunt85229133h_a__unt
headband1544843headband
headcounts1652013headcounts
headend12398363head_end
headful1445563headfu_l
headfuls1544313headfuls
headhunters1852053headhunters
headhunting1951793headhunting
headiest123015553headiest
heading122919113head_ing
headland1345613headland
headline12129613headline
headlong1334123headlong
headman13229633headman_
headmen13259513headmen_
headmost1445493headmost
headphone18124733headphone
headpin1336003headpin_
headpins1436103headpins
headrest122910203headrest
headset11312603head_set
headwind1643873headwind
heathen133410893heathen_
heathens143210153heathens
manhunt1247073_manhunt
readjust1644463readjust
readout8615513readou_t
seamount1047923seamount

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162337.26620115.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.71823152.5
 
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