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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlowlihead” 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.

16 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
lowlihead164169(None) 
lowliheads1751421lowliheads
bolthead1445903bo_lthead
bowhead1636433bow__head
longhead1345083lo_nghead
lowlier10338903lowli_e_r
lowliest11229473lowli_est
lowlife1335143lowlife__
lowlifer1443283lowlife_r
lowlifers1542953lowlifers
lowlifes1434333lowlife_s
lowliness1236403lowliness
lowlives1434573lowlive_s
plowhead1742803plow__head
toolhead1244353tool_head
towhead1435223tow__head

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641166.51622811.7
3Display Results16160.0161000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691166.95525692.5