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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 “hairspring” 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.

20 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
hairspring164330(None) 
hairsprings1752201hairsprings
handspring1743862handspring
mainspring1553792mainspring
dayspring1642613da_yspring
hairpin1245413hair_p_in_
hairpins1365433hair_p_ins
hairspray1751713hairspr_ay
hairsprays1851613hairsprays
hairstyling1851923hairstyling
hamstring1546003ha_mstring
handsprings1852463handsprings
harboring1538263ha_rboring
harping134118383ha_r_p_ing
hasping134414903ha__sp_ing
headspring17133243headspring
hirpling1467223h_ir_pling
hirseling1396273h_irseling
hirsling1277543h_irs_ling
mainsprings1672403mainsprings

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603206.65621124.2
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691207.09225196.1
 
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