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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 “heehawed” 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.

39 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
heehawed184274(None) 
heehaw1543952heehaw__
heehaws1643362heehaw_s
seesawed1243302seesawed
behaved16176683_behaved
beheaded1536373beheaded
beshamed1635733beshamed
chawed155214603__chawed
declawed1545933declawed
deejayed2042443deejayed
exhaled1835283_exhaled
gewgawed1741103gewgawed
hawed126025423___hawed
headed114020473h_e_aded
healed105121443h_e_aled
heaped124516903h_e_aped
heated104525593h_e_ated
heaved134717863h_e_aved
hebetated1544663hebetated
heeded114215763hee__ded
heehawing1943183heehawing
heeled104018423hee__led
heezed194210513hee__zed
hennaed1135103henna_ed
herbaged1554533herbaged
hewed125619433h_e__wed
keelhaled1762003keelhaled
overawed1579973overawed
pshawed16103033_pshawed
rechewed1735633rechewed
reheated122415003reheated
resawed113111183_resawed
reshaped1437203reshaped
reshaved1536873reshaved
reshowed15117063reshowed
shawed134817233__shawed
teenaged10105133teenaged
thawed13458463__thawed
unthawed1535583unthawed

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162396.53022383.2
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691396.95225703.5
 
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