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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forheads” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 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
heads9512711(None) 
beads85429501beads
deads75726911deads
head87137171head_
heady125117261heady
heals85733461heals
heaps105223221heaps
hears86737371hears
heats85838401heats
heeds95420421heeds
herds96424681herds
hexads17468201hexads
leads66028491leads
meads85425321meads
reads64835271reads

Search took 2 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 Filter178691287560.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit28756150.96629768.1
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691151.482120574.2