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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 “beachhead” 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
beachhead204258(None) 
beachheads2142431beachheads
beached154516552beac_he_d
beachwear1941772beachwear
blackhead2184292blackhead
bached145519893b_ac_he_d
baldhead1544273b_aldhead
barehead1446603b_arehead
beaches144120653beac_he_s
beachier1538803beachie_r
beachiest1638443beachiest
beaconed1336983beacone_d
behead1239923be___head
belched154011843belc_he_d
benched154713943benc_he_d
blackheads2264113blackheads
blacklead1863903blacklead
bleached16378563bleac_he_d
blockhead2152733blockhead
breached163411643breac_he_d
crackhead2143323crackhead
deadhead1444433dea_dhead
gearhead1344433gea_rhead
hashhead1443263_hashhead
leached133715043leac_he_d
meathead1436793mea_thead
peached154315883peac_he_d
reached134619083reac_he_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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641287.23320550.4
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.67223291.3
 
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