Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pigheadedness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

52 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
pigheadedness216372(None) 
pinheadedness2064171pinheadedness
eggheadedness2073282eggheadedness
pigheadednesses23142942pigheadednesses
bigheartedness2163513bigheartedness
fatheadedness2163663fatheadedness
hotheadedness2163683hotheadedness
longheadedness2063493longheadedness
pinheadednesses22133403pinheadednesses
boneheadedness2163484boneheadedness
bullheadedness2172554bullheadedness
eggheadednesses2262474eggheadednesses
hardheadedness2372964hardheadedness
peakedness1744864p___eakedness
pigheaded1743814pigheaded____
pigheadedly2261674pigheaded__ly
softheadedness2273164softheadedness
wrongheadedness2472464wrongheadedness
beardedness1544595___beardedness
bigheaded1743925bigheaded____
clearheadedness22102135clearheadedness
directedness1654265di_rectedness
dividedness1753315di__videdness
extendedness2152775_extendedness
fadedness1445615____fadedness
fatheadednesses2372625fatheadednesses
forehandedness2262825forehandedness
freehandedness2262195freehandedness
guardedness1443485__guardedness
handedness1545905___handedness
headdress1443755___head_dress
headiness132510365___head_iness
hoodedness1544565___hoodedness
hotheadednesses2363065hotheadednesses
indebtedness1654525_indebtedness
jadedness1844695____jadedness
kindheartedness2473175kindheartedness
leadenness1144445___leadenness
levelheadedness2381965levelheadedness
mindedness1445145mi___ndedness
misguidedness1861505misguidedness
offhandedness2462265offhandedness
openhandedness2162455openhandedness
openheartedness2173095openheartedness
pervertedness1963275pervertedness
pinheaded1644225pinheaded____
possessedness1461805possessedness
preparedness1753885p_reparedness
roundheadedness2172435roundheadedness
sidedness1146785si____dedness
swellheadedness2371925swellheadedness
unguardedness1662625unguardedness

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790529.34313356.5
3Display Results52520.0331575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691529.78218267.3
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.