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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 “hearthstones” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

23 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
hearthstones186179(None) 
hearthstone1761851hearthstone_
birthstones1662363_birthstones
earstones948523_ear__stones
earthshines17122523_earthshines
headstones1465363hea__dstones
birthstone1562574_birthstone_
cherrystones20121254che_rrystones
earphones1448394_earph__ones
earstone848604_ear__stone_
earthshine16142924_earthshine_
earthstars1352234_earthst_ars
hailstones1344994h_a_ilstones
headphones19114754headph__ones
headstone1365474hea__dstone_
heartseases1452594heart_seases
heartsome1444014heart_s_ome_
heartsore1243814heart_s_ore_
heartstrings1651794heart_strings
heatstrokes1852264hea_t_strokes
hornstones13106074h_or_nstones
marlstones1244514_mar_lstones
whetstones1643354whe__t_stones

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790237.87615844.3
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691238.28221575.8
 
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