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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 “headwords” 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.

51 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
headwords174534(None) 
headword1645521headword_
headworks2045951headworks
beadworks1945722beadworks
deadwoods1544312deadwoods
headboards1744332headboards
headwinds1743152headwinds
headwork1945792headwor_k
leadworks1745122leadworks
leadworts1344732leadworts
beadwork1846033beadwor_k
bearwoods1545023bearwoods
bedwards1596393be_dwards
deadwood1444843deadwood_
earworms1346773_earworms
handworks2046703handworks
hardwoods17135513hardwoods
haywards1845873h_aywards
headbands1644343headbands
headboard1644933headboard_
headends13326723head_ends
headers113819393head_er_s
headlands1444903headlands
headlocks1944463headlocks
headnotes1344653headnotes
headrooms1555183headrooms
headways1845003headw_ays
headwind1643873headwind_
heartwoods17103233heartwoods
heartworms1842883heartworms
hexachords2652193hexachords
keywords1944323ke_ywords
leadwork1645073leadwor_k
leadwort1247473leadwor_t
leafworms1753613leafworms
loanwords1343943loanwords
madworts1456173_madworts
mealworms1644443mealworms
pearwoods1544543pearwoods
readorns938283read_orns
rearwards1344803rearwards
redwoods1345773re_dwoods
rewords115413973re__words
roadworks1745313roadworks
seatworks1646303seatworks
seawards1237203sea_wards
swearwords1752293swearwords
teakwoods1743793teakwoods
teamworks1844593teamworks
threadworms2051373threadworms
wheatworms2151873wheatworms

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641517.65619415.0
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691517.85922737.1
 
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