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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 “swellhead” 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.

24 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
swellhead164231(None) 
swellheads1752161swellheads
wellhead1543501_wellhead
steelhead1343192steelhead
swelled113211692swell_e_d
swellheaded1951452swellheaded
wellheads1653322_wellheads
billhead1464433_billhead
bullhead1464783_bullhead
dwelled12337593dwell_e_d
selfheal1442413s_elfheal
sheephead1863893sheephead
shelled113815083shell_e_d
smelled103511853smell_e_d
snelled83313043snell_e_d
spearhead1542983spearhead
spelled103714733spell_e_d
steelheads1442793steelheads
sweller103012463swell_e_r
swellest1137663swell_est
swilled113611833swill_e_d
welched16298833_welche_d
welled103820213_well_e_d
welshed14277203_welshe_d

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641247.31320325.6
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691247.77922970.9
 
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