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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 “behead” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
behead123992(None) 
beheads1338521beheads
beheld1236411beheld
ahead96817052_ahead
barehead1446602barehead
bead75937922b__ead
beglad10138462beglad
beheadal1442812beheadal
beheaded1536372beheaded
beheader1436042beheader
behest11314612behest
behind1238062behind
behold1247342behold
beleap10410282beleap
bemean10410682bemean
bestead10389122bestead
bighead14126652bighead
bluehead1444602bluehead
bohea105013732bohea_
boheas114013212boheas
bonehead1445932bonehead
bowhead1636432bowhead
bread85523112b_read
cohead123811122cohead
delead84112342delead
head87137172__head
jehad1637682jeh_ad
redhead1257052redhead
rehear93713222rehear
reheard11309022reheard
reheat94423942reheat
reread71715432reread

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551323.37324474.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.74947663.6
 
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