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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 “hearu” 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.

94 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
hear76143881hear_
heard95222751heard
hears86737371hears
heart85440741heart
bear66844642bear_
beard86024962beard
bears75739042bears
beau66137272bea_u
dear55343602dear_
dears65736882dears
deary95826842deary
ear36867882_ear_
earl45838142_earl
earn46737552_earn
ears46356592_ears
eau37450942_ea_u
ecru65819532_ecru
fear75337792fear_
fears84829392fears
gear55934972gear_
gears64628692gears
haar77323492haar_
haars85620472haars
habu97325482h_abu
haku116923892h_aku
hard85443502h_ard
hare76255732h_are
hark115237392h_ark
harl75740002h_arl
harm95637792h_arm
harp96134292h_arp
hart76865772h_art
head87137172hea_d
heads95127112heads
heady125117262heady
heal75645692hea_l
heals85733462heals
heap96432892hea_p
heaps105223222heaps
heapy135914982heapy
hearer94323652hearer
hearse94114282hearse
hearth125315212hearth
hearts96218942hearts
hearty126313632hearty
heat77061422hea_t
heath115724282heath
heats85838402heats
heave114521812heave
heavy144814182heavy
hegari1039522hegari
heir77523802heir_
heirs85618562heirs
henry114014472henry
her66547812he_r_
herb94730962he_rb
herd84933062he_rd
here76447102he_re
herl75834552he_rl
herm95636152he_rm
hern76134892he_rn
hero74635782he_ro
herry114922472herry
hers75844872he_rs
hoar76729162hoar_
hoard94918312hoard
hoars85925552hoars
hoary114516762hoary
lear47045952lear_
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
near45236502near_
nears55529422nears
pear69745232pear_
pearl75324462pearl
pears75138612pears
peart76440752peart
rear45644552rear_
rearm75923572rearm
rears54739652rears
sear47353842sear_
sears54744912sears
shear85424832shear_
shears93820902shears
tear45242882tear_
tears55436462tears
teary85124052teary
wear75836722wear_
wears86030302wears
weary115620612weary
year76534252year_
yearn86316432yearn
years84527672years

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800941.58034050.6
3Display Results94940.0303133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691941.92392923.0
 
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