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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 “hearsays” 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.

55 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
hearsays144451(None) 
hearsay1335521hearsay_
headstays1643562headstays
headways1845002headways
hearses104414532hears_es
arrays95311683__arrays
assays977903__assays
bearcats1267023bearcats
betrays12127823betr_ays
bewrays15145113bewr_ays
defrays1436113defr_ays
derays105514253de_r_ays
earlaps936393_earlaps
essays965653_e_ssays
hansas94616043h_ansa_s
harass9313943h_ar_ass
hardass1139753h_ardass
hartals10313023h_artals
headsail1244423headsail
headsails1343943headsails
headsets1236053headsets
headstay1543903headstay_
headway1745553headway_
hearers104319783hear_ers
hearings123611853hearings
hearkens15336693hearkens
hears86737373hear___s
hearse94114273hears__e
hearsed113811403hears_ed
hearsing1239383hearsing
heartens113010153heartens
hearths135311073hear_ths
hearties11315413hearties
hearts96218943hear__ts
hearty126313633hear_ty_
henrys12366103henr__ys
herbals122710603he_rbals
hexosans1844113hexosans
heydays1734143he_ydays
hoarsens11306023hoarsens
hoorays13418373hoor_ays
hurrays13386153h_urrays
jerseys1733243je_rseys
kerseys1433993ke_rseys
margays1337493_margays
naysays1344123_naysays
parlays123910453_parlays
rehearsals1351753rehearsals
resays93714153re__says
sarsars73512143_sarsars
seaways13307513sea_ways
tarsals72512603_tarsals
tearaways1542973tearaways
teargas837013tearga_s
warsaws1335763_warsaws

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162557.61019206.6
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691558.04622208.7
 
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