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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 “halfhearted” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
halfhearted215218(None) 
halfheartedly2671722halfheartedly
coldhearted1862883coldhearted
heavyhearted2561613heavyhearted
warmhearted2051773warmhearted
wholehearted2262013wholehearted
afeared1176834_a_f_ear_ed
alerted82512234_al__e_rted
bighearted1743094_bighearted
downhearted1952374downhearted
fainthearted1951574fainthearted
freehearted1853124freehearted
galeated104111584gal__ea_ted
halfheartedness2582394halfheartedness
hallmarked2072054hal_lmarked
halogenated1653454halogenated
haltered123112574hal_te_r_ed
hardheaded1953854hardhea_ded
hearted113314034____hearted
ironhearted1552684ironhearted
kindhearted2052534kindhearted
largehearted1761644largehearted
lionhearted1552344lionhearted
maltreated13125154maltrea_ted
openhearted1752194openhearted
softhearted1873104softhearted
truehearted1552524truehearted
weakhearted2252194weakhearted

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819289.25016088.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691289.70218418.0
 
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