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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 “mastheads” 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.

55 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
mastheads154524(None) 
masthead1435881masthead_
catheads1438122ca_theads
fatheads1536762fa_theads
hashheads1543392hashheads
mastheaded1743542mastheaded
meatheads1545962meatheads
airheads1246133_airheads
altheas1038223_althea_s
asthmas12117363_asthma_s
baldheads1644133baldheads
besteads11307113best_eads
boltheads1545123boltheads
buttheads1553903buttheads
cathead1338753ca_thead_
dustheaps1541873dustheaps
fathead1437863fa_thead_
flatheads1644873flatheads
gastreas957253gastrea_s
giltheads1443123giltheads
hardheads1745773hardheads
hashhead1443263hashhead_
hotheads15318013_hotheads
jarheads1944793ja_rheads
malteds10377603malt_e_ds
malthas1237913malth_a_s
maltreats1145223maltreats
manteaus1036383mant_eaus
mashed125325043mas_he_d_
mashers124621053mas_he_rs
mashes115030003mas_he__s
mastabahs1642973mastabahs
mastabas1246803mastaba_s
masted94025803mast_e_d_
masters94628923mast_e_rs
mastheading1843583mastheading
mastless102610023mastle_ss
mastoids1177873mast_oids
meathead1436793meathead_
mishears1338323mis_hears
misleads11358543mis_leads
mispleads1444203mispleads
misreads11268923mis_reads
mistends11419593mist_ends
mistreats1148633mistreats
nailheads1343653nailheads
pitheads14338143_pitheads
postheats1447433postheats
potheads14298543_potheads
railheads1343973railheads
sapheads1466083sa_pheads
shitheads1645043shitheads
softheads1644553softheads
steads74116223__st_eads
warheads1545853wa_rheads

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641556.92321470.6
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691557.37324235.9
 
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