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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 “headmen” 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.

37 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
headmen1325951(None) 
beadmen12299451beadmen
deadmen11248571deadmen
headman13229631headman
headsmen1465981headsmen
herdmen13238451herdmen
leadmen10277901leadmen
admen84516182__admen
badmen114613832_badmen
beadman12249152beadman
beadsmen1385882beadsmen
deaden83714322dead_en
deadman11238422deadman
headed114020472head_ed
headend12398362head_end
header104422542head_er
headier113212952headier
headpin1336002headpin
headset11312602headset
headsman1446352headsman
hearken14338022hearken
hearten102411752hearten
heathen133410892heathen
heaume1137542heaume_
heaumes1237422heaumes
heaven123912602hea_ven
hegumen1355462hegumen
herdman13238422herdman
herdsmen1464832herdsmen
leaden74515222lead_en
leadman10237842leadman
leadsmen1154792leadsmen
madmen113511742_madmen
meatmen1138242meatmen
reedmen1038332reedmen
seamen84518562sea_men
seedmen1037682seedmen

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671374.40624437.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691374.78237367.4
 
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