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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 “scarehead” 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.

35 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
scarehead154380(None) 
scareheads1643381scareheads
barehead1446602_barehead
scarphed1635442scarphe_d
snakehead1742772snakehead
sorehead1246972s_orehead
cathead1338753_ca_thead
cokehead1845063_cokehead
forehead1537893_forehead
gearhead1344433gear_head
hardhead1645883_hardhead
jarhead1835173_jar_head
saphead1357773s_a_phead
scared95227293scar__e_d
scareder1135793scarede_r
scaredest1246633scaredest
scarfed134711183scar_fe_d
scarped124314403scar_pe_d
scarpered1435113scarpere_d
scarred104512633scar_re_d
scarted104816123scar_te_d
scathed134012643sca_the_d
scorched16187193scorche_d
scorepad1363383score_pad
scrapheap1892003scrapheap
screed95718933sc_re_e_d
screwed135710663sc_rewe_d
searched14209253searche_d
shorthead1644473shorthead
snakeheads1852483snakeheads
soreheads1346073s_oreheads
spearhead1542983spear_head
stairhead1343323stairhead
starched14199313starche_d
warhead1436603_war_head

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641358.53017425.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691358.98219894.3
 
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