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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 “headnote” 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.

27 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
headnote124502(None) 
headnotes1344651headnotes
endnote855742_endnote
headgate1346482headgate
adnate72913483__adnate
cenote83715843ce__note
denote74118043de__note
endnotes945943_endnotes
hardnose1245723hardnose
headache1744703headache
headgates1446383headgates
headline12129613headline
headlock1844813headlock
headlong1334123headlong
headmost1445493headmost
headphone18124733headphone
headrace1446663headrace
headroom1446303headroom
headset11312603headset_
headsets1236053headsets
headstone1365473headstone
headwater1655033headwater
headword1645523headword
headwork1945793headwork
keynote1443903ke_ynote
seadrome1146513seadrome
woodnote1244153woodnote

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 Filter1786911461620.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit146162276.61022112.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.10925135.9
 
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