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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 “headlock” 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.

55 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
headlock184481(None) 
deadlock1644231deadlock
headlocks1944461headlocks
deadlocks1743802deadlocks
dreadlock1742252dreadlock
earlock1336922_earlock
haddock1885582h_addock
headlong1334122headlong
headstock1943012headstock
headwork1945792headwork
hemlock1845632he_mlock
padlock1665812_padlock
wedlock1744552we_dlock
beadwork1846033beadwork
bedrock1645643be_drock
charlock1944393charlock
daglock1544263_daglock
deadlocked1951763deadlocked
dreadlocks1852193dreadlocks
earlocks1435693_earlocks
elflock1642973_elflock
fetlock1645323fe_tlock
gridlock1642863gridlock
haddocks1984903h_addocks
hairlock1754023hairlock
hammock2064633h_ammock
hassock1645443h_assock
havelock2043683havelock
haycock2144313h_aycock
headlamp1642853headlamp
headland1345613headland
headless12289863headless
headline12129613headline
headmost1445493headmost
headnote1245033headnote
headrace1446673headrace
headroom1446313headroom
headstocks2042823headstocks
headword1645523headword
headworks2045953headworks
hemlocks1944993he_mlocks
hillock1646693h_illock
leadwork1645073leadwork
oarlock1336123_oarlock
paddock17104733_paddock
padlocks1755473_padlocks
peacock1745143pea_cock
redock134311543re_d_ock
relock124713523re__lock
roadblock1852333roadblock
seacock1545573sea_cock
shaddock1943273shaddock
sherlock1744243she_rlock
warlock1636293_warlock
wedlocks1844393we_dlocks

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162557.73618893.7
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691558.20221786.3
 
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