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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 “happinesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
happinesses187616(None) 
hippinesses1845491hippinesses
nappinesses1555921nappinesses
sappinesses1567561sappinesses
campinesses1737112campinesses
choppinesses2143352choppinesses
dippinesses1635242dippinesses
hairinesses14198942hairinesses
hamminesses1835772hamminesses
handinesses151410272handinesses
happiness1636002happine_s_s
hardinesses151110222hardinesses
hastinesses141210692hastinesses
hazinesses2239222ha_zinesses
hippienesses1943442hippienesses
humpinesses18106242humpinesses
lippinesses1535512lippinesses
nippinesses1545062nippinesses
peppinesses1435312peppinesses
raspinesses1338012raspinesses
snappinesses1684322snappinesses
soppinesses1566842soppinesses
unhappinesses2052482unhappinesses
waspinesses1636702waspinesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691868080.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit86808242.04642428.2
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691242.40574299.8
 
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