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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 “hearth” 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.

43 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
hearth12531521(None) 
dearth104212511dearth
earth85023051_earth
health124712141health
heart85440741heart_
hearths135311071hearths
hearts96218941hearts
hearty126313631hearty
heath115724281hea_th
berth104917882be_rth
dearths11498842dearths
death94822522dea_th
earths95014592_earths
earthy12399942_earthy
eath75735662_ea_th
garth94720222_garth
harsh116418052h_arsh
hart76865772h_art_
harts88441592h_arts
hath105933912h_a_th
healths13478752healths
healthy16416082healthy
hear76143882hear__
heard95222752hear_d
hearer94323642hearer
hears86737372hear_s
hearse94114272hearse
hearted113314022hearted
hearten102411752hearten
heat77061422hea_t_
heaths126316382hea_ths
heathy156111212hea_thy
heats85838402hea_ts
hertz174919042he_rtz
heth107028022he__th
inearth1037042inearth
neath86020282nea_th
peart76440752peart_
search113312422search
sheath12412892shea_th
swarth126012082swarth
unearth1037062unearth
wealth12379222wealth

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551432.18637763.5
3Display Results43430.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691432.54670185.0
 
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