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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 “hexad” 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.

43 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
hexad16491062(None) 
head87137171he_ad
hexade17438901hexade
hexads17468191hexads
hexed165615761hexed
ahead96817052ahe_ad
bead75937922be_ad
dead65434242de_ad
egad64215412_egad
exam132514622_exam
exed125420592_exed
had77658762h__ad
heads95127112he_ads
heady125117262he_ady
heal75645692he_al
heap96432892he_ap
hear76143882he_ar
heard95222752heard
heat77061422he_at
heed86437602he_ed
held85330402he_ld
hemal104419802hemal
heptad1237272heptad
herald10311342herald
herd84933062he_rd
hewed125619432hewed
hex137436172hex__
hexades18378702hexades
hexadic2045412hexadic
hexane16379532hexane
hexapod2043652hexapod
hexer155116682hexer
hexes155123042hexes
hexyl1844462hexyl
hodad10311352hodad
jehad1637682jehad
lead56038852le_ad
mead75531602me_ad
menad85918982menad
read55942532re_ad
sexed136618542sexed
texas126514932texas
vexed165713112vexed

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800431.66032409.6
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691431.98390111.4
 
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