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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 “headship” 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.

38 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
headship174574(None) 
headships1845671headships
deanship1446552deanship
hardship1746032hardship
headsail1244422headsail
heirship1645052heirship
amidship1644303amidship
chelaship1953903chelaship
deanships1545993deanships
earlship1345103_earlship
flagship1743613flagship
godship1445083_godship
hardships1845643hardships
headlamp1642853headlamp
headpin1336003head_pin
heads95127113heads___
headsails1343943headsails
headset11312603heads_et
headsets1236053headsets
headsman1446353headsman
headsmen1465983headsmen
headstay1543903headstay
heirships1744963heirships
heishi1235843he_ishi_
ladyship1743553_ladyship
leadership1694173leadership
lordship1444413lordship
midship1546043_midship
palship1446833_palship
readership16104573readership
reship11310673re__ship
skaldship1952263skaldship
starship1348143starship
steamship1644463steamship
teashop1246083tea_shop
tranship13410183tranship
wardship1744883wardship
warship1547833_warship

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162387.76618820.8
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691388.20221786.3
 
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