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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 “hairworms” 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.

31 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
hairworms174397(None) 
hairworks1944841hairworks
hairworm1644541hairworm_
earworms1346782ea_rworms
hairwork1845072hairwor_k
airports1046463_airports
bagworms1645213ba_gworms
cairngorms1551073cairngorms
caseworms1645073caseworms
earworm1238743ea_rworm_
fireworms1745603_fireworms
gapeworms1743383gapeworms
hackworks2045203hackworks
hailstorms1552413hailstorms
hairdos1136823hairdo__s
hairlocks1863773hairlocks
handworks2046703handworks
harbors12412413ha_rbor_s
heartworms1842883heartworms
heirdoms1444353heirdo_ms
heirlooms1442513heirlooms
hookworms2143783hookworms
hornworms1744423hornworms
pinworms15115783_pinworms
sandworms1545653sandworms
shipworms1943413shipworms
tapeworms1644243tapeworms
warworks1877063wa_rworks
waxworms2393673wa_xworms
whipworms2242733whipworms
wireworms1745033_wireworms

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641316.92021479.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691317.35624291.9
 
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