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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 “dickheads” 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.

34 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
dickheads204363(None) 
dickhead1944141dickhead_
thickheads2342492thickheads
acidheads1642653acidheads
airheads1246133ai_rheads
bigheads15145653bi_gheads
billheads1564253billheads
blackheads2264113blackheads
blockheads2282703blockheads
bulkheads1963373bulkheads
coheads13289233__coheads
crackheads2242893crackheads
deadheads1544023deadheads
deckhands2043083deckhands
dicked144920863dick_e_d_
dickens144410133dick_e_ns
dickers144117663dick_e_rs
dickeys17479303dick_e_ys
dickies143416343dickie__s
dispreads1346003dispreads
dockhands2053123dockhands
dopeheads1644143dopeheads
dropheads1643873dropheads
drumheads1642293drumheads
duckweeds2042403duckweeds
dumbheads1882433dumbheads
giltheads1443123giltheads
juiceheads2351873juiceheads
lunkheads1742803lunkheads
pinheads14336243pi_nheads
pitheads14338143pi_theads
sickbeds17254213sickbe_ds
thickhead2242693thickhead_
tickseeds1673223tickseeds

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641346.15624145.7
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.59227107.3
 
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