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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 “herdsmen” 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.

63 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
herdsmen146483(None) 
headsmen1465981headsmen
herdmen13238451herd_men
herdsman1465641herdsman
beadsmen1385882beadsmen
headmen13259512head_men
headsman1446352headsman
helmsmen1552842helmsmen
herdman13238422herd_man
leadsmen1154792leadsmen
seedsmen1144302seedsmen
bandsmen1356453bandsmen
beadmen12299453bead_men
beadsman1355613beadsman
bedemen12910183be_demen
bedesmen1355713bedesmen
birdmen1235833bird_men
bondsmen1345473bondsmen
cerumen1147763cer_umen
chessmen1544463che_ssmen
corpsmen1445623corpsmen
deadmen11248573dead_men
ferrymen1643943ferrymen
fieldsmen1542323fieldsmen
germen9612313ger__men
guardsmen1342623guardsmen
handymen1744983handymen
harden105718533hard__en
hardiment1546063hardiment
hardset113415833hards_et
harshen1339283har_shen
headman13229633head_man
headset11312603heads_et
hegumen1355463he_gumen
helmsman1553503helmsman
henchmen1844453henchmen
herded114215643herd__ed
herder104516463herd__er
herds96424683herds___
heresies11312693heresies
horsemen1347483horsemen
huntsmen1343273huntsmen
landsmen1156603landsmen
leadmen10277903lead_men
leadsman1145243leadsman
lensmen937883le_nsmen
marksmen1644533marksmen
mermen10813813mer__men
messmen1137393me_ssmen
newsmen1235893ne_wsmen
oarsmen938093oar_smen
pressmen1238833pressmen
reedmen1038333reed_men
reinsmen1047073reinsmen
rerisen73613643reris_en
rodsmen1035833_rodsmen
seedmen1037683seed_men
seedsman1144893seedsman
swordsmen1542173swordsmen
versemen1346853versemen
wheelsmen1742083wheelsmen
woodsmen1444633woodsmen
yardmen1335423yard_men

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162637.73618893.7
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691638.18821823.5
 
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