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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 “headless” 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.

55 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
headless1228986(None) 
heatless113011461heatless
heedless12278811heedless
leadless9248791leadless
beadles103414732beadle_s
beakless14297382beakless
beamless12327002beamless
beardless1234912beardless
beatless103311592beatless
bedless1039702be_dless
breadless1235942breadless
chadless1436402chadless
deadness1039232deadness
deedless10318252deedless
earless74316072_earless
endless839832_endless
fearless1137872fearless
gearless937372gearless
handless123512062handless
hapless123311332h_apless
hatless103813442h_atless
headdress1443752headdress
headers113819392head_ers
headiest123015552headiest
headiness132510362headiness
headrest122910202headrest
headrests13245022headrests
headsets1236052headsets
healers104319462hea_lers
heartless1236392heartless
heathless1535592heathless
heddles123311622heddle_s
heelless11257652heelless
heirless1146052heirless
helmless1334272helmless
helpless1335062helpless
herbless1336662herbless
hoodless12289732hoodless
leafless11246572leafless
leakless12246982leakless
mealless10288362mealless
meatless103410862meatless
needless9308332needless
peakless14236682peakless
roadless937702roadless
seamless10238722seamless
seatless83213002seatless
seedless9319512seedless
tearless848712tearless
threadless1442472threadless
toadless936312toadless
treadless1036002treadless
weedless12287962weedless
weldless12285812weldless
wheatless1534002wheatless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059553.30036684.5
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691553.70348255.7
 
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