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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 “heartstrings” 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.

33 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
heartstrings165179(None) 
heartstring1552671heartstring_
hamstrings1643013h_a_mstrings
headsprings18122393hea_dsprings
heartburnings196793heartburnings
beastings12387654bea__st_ings
drawstrings1651264dra_wstrings
earrings9299634_ear___rings
earthlings1443614_eart_hlings
eastings93412954_ea__st_ings
eyestrings1462774_e_yestrings
featherings18105374fea_therings
hairsprings1752204h_airsprings
hamstring1546004h_a_mstring_
handsprings1852464h_andsprings
headspring17133244hea_dspring_
headstrong1552394hea_dstrong_
hearings123611854hea____rings
hearsing1239384hear_s__ing_
heartburning1851264heartburning_
heartburns1551594heartbur_n_s
heartening1446734heart_ening_
hearthrugs1752234heart_hr_ugs
hearthstones1861794hearthst_ones
hearting12513124hear__t_ing_
heartwarming2151244heartwarming_
heatstrokes1852264hea_tstrokes
herrings12379534he_r___rings
quarterings2143734quart_erings
restrings10159294___restrings
tearstains1043324tear_stain_s
tearstrips1252354tear_stri_ps
weatherings1895264wea_therings

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790338.19015236.9
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.60920756.3
 
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