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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 “hearse” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

72 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
hearse9411428(None) 
hears86737371hears_
hearsed113811421hearsed
hearses104414541hearses
hoarse94411321hoarse
arse46539272__arse
bears75739042bears_
carse74934332_carse
cease75227652cea_se
coarse84813902coarse
dearie73319812dearie
dears65736882dears_
ears46356592_ears_
ease45042332_ea_se
erase54925492_erase
fears84829392fears_
fease84824872fea_se
gears64628692gears_
haars85620472haars_
haeres94017032haeres
hanse85722792h_anse
hare76255732h_ar_e
hares86255542h_ares
harsh116418052h_arsh
hawse116015122h_awse
heads95127112heads_
headset11312602headset
heals85733462heals_
heaps105223222heaps_
hear76143882hear__
heard95222752hear_d
hearer94323652hearer
hearken14338032hearken
hearsay1335522hearsay
heart85440742hear_t
hearted113314032hearted
hearten102411762hearten
hearth125315212hearth
hearts96218942hearts
hearty126313632hearty
heats85838402heats_
heaume1137542heaume
heave114521812hea_ve
heaves124120302heaves
heirs85618562heirs_
here76447102he_r_e
heres86245902he_res
hers75844872he_rs_
hexose16267842hexose
hoars85925552hoars_
hoarsen10367992hoarsen
hoarser10388392hoarser
horse86132652h_orse
lears55938732lears_
lease55230262lea_se
marse76231152_marse
nears55529422nears_
parse75236992_parse
pears75138612pears_
pease75231112pea_se
perse75429522pe_rse
rears54739652rears_
rehearse11296662rehearse
sears54744912sears_
shears93820902shears_
sparse84516342sparse
tears55436462tears_
tease55428712tea_se
terse55026822te_rse
verse84723582ve_rse
wears86030302wears_
years84527672years_

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 Filter178691825510.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit82551725.61014715.0
3Display Results72720.0135538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691726.37328038.8
 
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