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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 “headwater” 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.

35 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
headwater165503(None) 
headwaiter1752911headwaiter
headwaters1754251headwaters
headgate1346482headgate_
headgates1446382headgates
headmaster16204642headmaster
headwaiters1852622headwaiters
seawater1136602sea_water
shearwater1652262shearwater
breakwater1952583breakwater
deepwater1543713deepwater
dewater112912423de__water
eyewater1444243_eyewater
graywater1643283graywater
header104422543head___er
headhunter1762243headhunter
headier113212953head__ier
headliner13135393headliner
headmasters17174303headmasters
headnote1245023headnote_
headnotes1344653headnotes
headquarter2451503headquarter
headrace1446663headrace_
headraces1546613headraces
headway1745553headwa__y
headways1845003headwa_ys
heater94828303he___ater
hesitater1276923hesitater
jerkwater2341633jerkwater
meltwater1443433meltwater
seawaters1235713sea_waters
sedater83713633se_d_ater
seedeater1045973seedeater
shearwaters1751973shearwaters
toadeater1044833toadeater

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641358.28017951.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691358.71920494.4
 
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