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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 “heehaws” 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.

63 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
heehaws164334(None) 
heehaw1543931heehaw_
geegaws1242342geegaws
heehawed1842732heehawed
seesaws1034702seesaws
bashaws15347713bashaws
beheads1338523beheads
byelaws1533263byelaws
cashaws15398573cashaws
chaws135022463__chaws
cheetahs1643783cheetahs
cushaws15356293cushaws
declaws1336253declaws
deejays1843433deejays
deewans11306903deewans
ephahs1435503_ephahs
ephas10311543_epha_s
geegaw1142853geegaw_
gewgaws1541643gewgaws
hahas117118443h_aha_s
haws106439443___haws
heads95127113h_e_ads
heals85733453h_e_als
heaps105223223h_e_aps
hears86737373h_e_ars
heats85838403h_e_ats
heeders114213743heeders
heeds95420423hee__ds
heehawing1943183heehawing
heelers103815623heelers
heels85625533hee__ls
heeltaps1343073heeltaps
heezes184211643hee_zes
hehs106723963h_eh__s
hennas94211803henna_s
hepcats1436473hepcats
heptads1335873heptads
herbals122710603herbals
heths116317783heth__s
hetmans12187593hetmans
hews105631573h_e__ws
hexads17468193h_exads
heydays1734143heydays
hyenas1288953hyena_s
jehads1735833_jehads
leeways1354453leeways
lethals1038113lethals
nephews1533323nephews
pechans14810503pechans
perhaps1446123perhaps
pshaws14435703_pshaws
rechews1537293rechews
redraws11218473redraws
rehabs1139023_rehabs
rehears103312773rehears
reheats104513523reheats
resaws93713513_resaws
reshows132510453reshows
seesaw935973seesaw_
shaws116226263__shaws
thaws116515463__thaws
veejays2042313veejays
veenas91410413veena_s

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027636.06322105.7
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691636.48527554.5
 
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