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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 “headsails” 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.

31 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
headsails134394(None) 
headsail1244421headsail_
headships1845672headships
headstalls1453222headstalls
reassails945292reassails
assails769093__assails
bedrails1136293be_drails
deadfalls1443143deadfalls
handrails1346513handrails
headbands1644343headbands
headfuls1544313head_fuls
headgates1446383headgates
headily1478623head__ily
headlamps1742473headlamps
headlands1444903headlands
headpins1436103head_pins
headraces1546613headraces
headsets1236053heads_ets
headship1745743headshi_p
headspaces1852803headspaces
headstall1343523headstall
headstands1543853headstands
headstays1643563headstays
headways1845003headwa_ys
hearsays1444513hearsa_ys
reassail845753reassail_
reavails1134853rea_vails
redtails968003re_dtails
resails74616743re__sails
staysails1242853staysails
wassails1145953_wassails

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641317.17020731.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.63923391.9
 
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