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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 “headlocks” 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.

54 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
headlocks194446(None) 
deadlocks1743801deadlocks
headlock1844811headlock_
deadlock1644232deadlock_
dreadlocks1852192dreadlocks
earlocks1435692_earlocks
haddocks1984902h_addocks
headstocks2042822headstocks
headworks2045952headworks
hemlocks1944992he_mlocks
padlocks1755472_padlocks
wedlocks1844392we_dlocks
beadworks1945723beadworks
bedrocks1745333be_drocks
charlocks2044073charlocks
daglocks1643993_daglocks
deadlocked1951763deadlocked
dreadlock1742253dreadlock_
earlock1336923_earlock_
elflocks1742743_elflocks
fetlocks1744713fe_tlocks
gridlocks1742683gridlocks
haddock1885583h_addock_
hairlocks1863773hairlocks
hammocks2164343h_ammocks
hassocks1744693h_assocks
havelocks2143263havelocks
haycocks2244113h_aycocks
headlamps1742473headlamps
headlands1444903headlands
headless12289863headl_ess
headlines13119013headlines
headlong1334123headlo_ng
headnotes1344653headnotes
headraces1546613headraces
headrooms1555183headrooms
headstock1943013headstock_
headwords1745343headwords
headwork1945793headwork_
hemlock1845633he_mlock_
hillocks1736063h_illocks
leadworks1745123leadworks
oarlocks1445103_oarlocks
paddocks1894323_paddocks
padlock1665813_padlock_
peacocks1844993pea_cocks
redocks14409933re_d_ocks
relocks134411293re__locks
roadblocks1952023roadblocks
seacocks1645643sea_cocks
shaddocks2043083shaddocks
sherlocks1843953she_rlocks
warlocks1735363_warlocks
wedlock1744553we_dlock_

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641547.81319024.8
3Display Results54540.0301800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691548.29621539.4
 
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