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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 “sheepheads” 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.

25 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
sheepheads194365(None) 
sheephead1863891sheephead_
sheepsheads2061831sheepsheads
sheepshead1961942sheepshead_
shepherds1843222sh_epherds
sleepyheads2051162sleepyheads
steelheads1442792steelheads
cheerleads1692513cheerleads
greenheads1542993greenheads
hopheads17276603_h_opheads
sapheads1466083s__apheads
sheepfolds1951533sheepfolds
sheepherder2061873sheepherder
sheepherders2181633sheepherders
shepherd1744373sh_epherd_
shewbreads1951863shewbreads
shitheads1645043sh_itheads
shortheads1743813shortheads
showerheads2151843showerheads
sleepyhead1951203sleepyhead_
soreheads1346073sore_heads
spearheads1642453spearheads
speedreads1451873speedreads
steelhead1343193steelhead_
swellheads1752163swellheads

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603256.53021531.9
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691256.95225703.5
 
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