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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 “printhead” 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.

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
printhead154343(None) 
printheads1642851printheads
flinthead1642302flinthead
pinhead13347072p_in_head
pithead13419592p_i_thead
printed104016372print_e_d
springhead17102692springhead
crisphead1742663crisphead
flintheads1741983flintheads
gilthead1343323_gilthead
painted104214633paint_e_d
pinched153812453p_inche_d
pinheads14336243p_in_heads
pitheads14338143p_i_theads
pithed124615613p_i_the_d
pointed103813983point_e_d
pothead133810393p__othead
prinked143412163prin_ke_d
printer93917303print_e_r
printers103214903print_ers
printery13318433print_ery
printless1137513printless
prithee1239933pri_the_e
shithead1535523shi_thead
skinhead1643063skin_head
springheads18102243springheads
sprinted113411163sprint_e_d
writhed14389623wri_the_d

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641286.84321721.6
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.26524596.1
 
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