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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 “hairbands” 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.

30 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
hairbands154406(None) 
hairband1444571hairband_
hairballs1443842hairballs
hatbands1446292ha_tbands
rainbands1244192rainbands
airbags1036293_airba_gs
armbands1355143_armbands
chairmans1685143chairman_s
disbands1237353_disbands
fahlbands1842633fahlbands
fairylands1762273fairylands
garlands1038323ga_rlands
hairball1344633hairba_ll
haircaps15144363hairca_ps
hairlines1237133hairlines
hairpins1365433hairpin_s
harianas1139163ha_rianas
harijans1845723harijan_s
hatband1346823ha_tband_
headbands1644343headbands
husbands1444763h_usbands
mainlands1244693mainlands
passbands1453983passbands
rainband1144663rainband_
ribands10208393_ri_bands
ribbands1344563_ribbands
sarabands1245593sarabands
trainbands1352653trainbands
waistbands1652203waistbands
wavebands1843353wavebands

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641307.06321045.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.49923828.6
 
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