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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 “thickhead” 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.

33 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
thickhead224269(None) 
thickheads2342491thickheads
dickhead1944142_dickhead
thickheaded2551482thickheaded
blackhead2184293blackhead
blockhead2152733blockhead
chickpea2143193chickpea_
chickpeas2242953chickpeas
chickweed2443163chickweed
crackhead2143323crackhead
dickheads2043633_dickheads
juicehead2251753juicehead
shithead1535523shi_thead
thacked173810203thack_e_d
thicken16317873thick_e_n
thickened1944303thickened
thickens17266413thick_ens
thicker163611023thick_e_r
thickest17337303thick_est
thicket163213073thick_e_t
thicketed1943613thicketed
thickets17287083thick_ets
thickety20274103thick_ety
thickness1844443thickness
thickset17257133thickse_t
thicksets18263733thicksets
thighed1535273thi_ghe_d
ticked134720523t_ick_e_d
tickled144313133t_ickle_d
tickseed1584513t_ickseed
tricked144016163trick_e_d
trickled152610433trickle_d
whitehead1943113whitehead

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641337.08020994.5
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.51623774.7
 
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