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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 “hardnesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
hardnesses14181054(None) 
hardinesses151110231hardinesses
harnesses121812071har_nesses
aridnesses1139942_aridnesses
badnesses1239252ba_dnesses
baldnesses1337652baldnesses
barenesses12311702barenesses
baronesses1238912baronesses
charinesses1639562charinesses
darknesses1537012darknesses
farnesses122310812far_nesses
hairinesses14198942hairinesses
halenesses13312042halenesses
halfnesses1636262halfnesses
handinesses151410272handinesses
hardasses1346452hard_asses
hardness122411082hardne_s_s
hardnoses1346232hardn_oses
harnessed13186202har_nessed
harshnesses1745852harshnesses
hazinesses2239222hazinesses
hoarinesses14310222hoarinesses
madnesses1239832ma_dnesses
rarenesses10313112rarenesses
sadnesses10310302sa_dnesses
sharpnesses1645232sharpnesses
tardinesses121110262tardinesses
tartnesses101110712tartnesses
wardresses1445412wardresses
warinesses131514532warinesses
warmnesses15167352warmnesses

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911088240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit108824313.40631950.7
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.79547085.9
 
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