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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 “maidenhoods” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
maidenhoods185190(None) 
maidenhood1752031maidenhood_
maidenheads1851442maidenheads
maidhoods1643632maid__hoods
maidenhairs1761053maidenhairs
maidenhead1751503maidenhead_
maidhood1543913maid__hood_
manhoods1447243ma___nhoods
adenoids1056864_a_den_oids
fairyhoods2052044fai_ryhoods
falsehoods1752564false_hoods
fatherhoods2153034fatherhoods
hardihoods1852714hard_ihoods
ladhoods1345874la_d__hoods
ladyhoods1742944la_d_yhoods
maidenhair1651194maidenh_air
maidens10349664maiden____s
manhood1338994ma___nhood_
midnoons1144404m_id_n_oons
motherhoods2092804motherhoods
nationhoods1551894nationhoods
parenthoods1752514pa_renthoods
sainthoods1453454sai_nthoods
widowhoods2151954_widowhoods
wifehoods1943464_wife_hoods

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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819258.34617831.2
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691258.77920354.4
 
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