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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 “hairlocks” 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.

46 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
hairlocks186377(None) 
hairlock1754021hairlock_
charlocks2044072cha_rlocks
earlocks1435692ea_rlocks
hairworks1944842hairworks
havelocks2143262havelocks
hillocks1736062h_illocks
oarlocks1445102oa_rlocks
warlocks1735362wa_rlocks
armlocks1643963_armlocks
caprocks1835943capr_ocks
charlock1944393cha_rlock_
daglocks1643993da_glocks
earlock1336923ea_rlock_
firelocks1844233_firelocks
gavelocks1942793gavelocks
gridlocks1742683gridlocks
haddocks1984903ha_ddocks
haircloths1852463haircloths
hairdos1136823hairdo__s
hairless1157413hairl_ess
hairlike1536673hairl_ike
hairlines1237133hairlines
hairwork1845073hairwork_
hairworms1743973hairworms
hammerlocks2451353hammerlocks
hammocks2164343ha_mmocks
harlots103413293ha_rlo_ts
hassocks1744693ha_ssocks
hatracks1737533hatr_acks
havelock2043683havelock_
haycocks2244113ha_ycocks
hayracks2045313hayr_acks
hayricks2043763hayr_icks
headlocks1944463headlocks
heirlooms1442513heirlooms
hemlocks1944993h_emlocks
hillock1646693h_illock_
hillocky2053403h_illocky
killocks1354793_killocks
lavrocks1743663lavr_ocks
oarlock1336123oa_rlock_
padlocks1755473pa_dlocks
shamrocks2043033shamr_ocks
sherlocks1843953sherlocks
warlock1636293wa_rlock_

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641466.90321532.8
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.38924183.4
 
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