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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 “towheaded” 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.

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
towheaded174282(None) 
coheaded1536602co_headed
hotheaded1744852hotheaded
towhead1435222towhea__d
towheads1544812towhead_s
airheaded1443953airheaded
beheaded1536373_beheaded
bigheaded1743923bigheaded
boneheaded1743903boneheaded
bowhead1636433bowhea__d
bowheads1745373bowhead_s
coolheaded1752913coolheaded
cowhided1843753cowh_ided
eggheaded1642563eggheaded
fatheaded1744273fatheaded
headed114020473___headed
longheaded1653253longheaded
nonleaded1145853nonleaded
pigheaded1743813pigheaded
pinheaded1644223pinheaded
redheaded1545083redheaded
sapheaded1644183sapheaded
softheaded1843233softheaded
soreheaded1544303soreheaded
threaded1366323t_hreaded
tochered1437913toche_red
toweled112410223tow_e_led
towelled1236353tow_elled
towered112911403tow_e_red
towhee122613883towhe__e_
towhees13277793towhe__es
treaded95014283t__readed
tweaked1534403t_w_eaked

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 Limit148641336.12324275.8
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.56227231.2
 
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