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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 “wrongheadednessa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

21 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
wrongheadedness2472461wrongheadedness_
longheadedness2063493_longheadedness_
boneheadedness2163484_boneheadedness_
roundheadedness2172434_roundheadedness_
eggheadedness2073285__eggheadedness_
hotheadedness2163685_ho_theadedness_
pigheadedness2163725__pigheadedness_
pinheadedness2064175_pin_headedness_
softheadedness2273165_softheadedness_
wrongheaded2051845wrongheaded_____
wrongheadedly2571165wrongheaded___ly
bullheadedness2172556_bullheadedness_
clearheadedness22102136clearheadedness_
eggheadednesses2262476__eggheadednesses
fatheadedness2163666__fatheadedness_
hardheadedness2372966_hardheadedness_
hotheadednesses2363066_ho_theadednesses
levelheadedness2381966levelheadedness_
pigheadednesses23142946__pigheadednesses
pinheadednesses22133406_pin_headednesses
swellheadedness2371926swellheadedness_

Search took 6 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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874214.83013638.5
3Display Results21210.0131615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691215.15634656.9
 
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