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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 “hairlock” 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.

50 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
hairlock175402(None) 
hairlocks1863771hairlocks
charlock1944392cha_rlock
earlock1336922ea_rlock
hairwork1845072hairwork
havelock2043682havelock
hillock1646692h_illock
oarlock1336122oa_rlock
warlock1636292wa_rlock
airsick1395333_airsick
armlock1544313_armlock
caprock1736813capr_ock
charlocks2044073cha_rlocks
daglock1544263da_glock
earlocks1435693ea_rlocks
firelock1744823_firelock
gavelock1843013gavelock
gridlock1642863gridlock
haddock1885583ha_ddock
haircloth1752983haircloth
hairdo1036433hairdo__
hairdos1136823hairdo_s
hairless1157413hairless
hairlike1536673hairlike
hairline1137873hairline
hairworks1944843hairworks
hairworm1644533hairworm
hammerlock2351333hammerlock
hammock2064633ha_mmock
harlot94422803ha_rlo_t
harlots103413293ha_rlots
hassock1645443ha_ssock
hatrack1638213hatr_ack
havelocks2143263havelocks
haycock2144313ha_ycock
hayrack1945543hayr_ack
hayrick1944183hayr_ick
headlock1844813headlock
heirloom1342733heirloom
hemlock1845633h_emlock
hillocks1736063h_illocks
hillocky2053403h_illocky
killock1255253_killock
lavrock1644223lavr_ock
oarlocks1445103oa_rlocks
padlock1665813pa_dlock
shamrock1943473shamr_ock
sherlock1744243sherlock
warlocks1735363wa_rlocks
ziplock2454413_ziplock

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 Filter1786911461620.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit146162507.92318447.8
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691508.10622044.3
 
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