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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 “nailheads” 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.

39 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
nailheads134365(None) 
nailhead1243981nailhead_
railheads1343971railheads
airheads1246132_airheads
railhead1244182railhead_
trailheads1443062trailheads
acidheads1642653acidheads
airhead1136993_airhead_
allheals1143913_allheals
baldheads1644133baldheads
bigheads15145653_bigheads
billheads1564253billheads
bullheads1564283bullheads
catheads1438123ca_theads
fairleads1343023fairleads
fatheads1536763fa_theads
giltheads1443123_giltheads
hardheads1745773hardheads
hashheads1543393hashheads
jarheads1944793ja_rheads
mastheads1545243mastheads
naiads739013nai___ads
nailed74021493nail_e_d_
nailers73215893nail_e_rs
nailfolds1341843nailfolds
nailsets834553nailse_ts
naleds7469133na_l_e_ds
pinheads14336243_pinheads
pitheads14338143_pitheads
railroads1043523railroads
sapheads1466083sa_pheads
shitheads1645043shitheads
skinheads1742813skinheads
snakeheads1852483snakeheads
stairheads1442763stairheads
toolheads1343673toolheads
trailhead1343423trailhead_
warheads1545853wa_rheads
wellheads1653323wellheads

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641396.70322175.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.13925030.3
 
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