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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 “chefs” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

125 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
chefs13621466(None) 
chef125125621chef_
chess105016921chess
chews135418511chews
chiefs14509651chiefs
clefs106616241clefs
aches106132292ache_s
alefs87319662alefs
beefs105618562beefs
cafes106426922cafes
caffs135417372caffs
calfs104919382calfs
cees65941592c_ees
cels65534972c_els
ceps86125952c_eps
cess65326052c_ess
chads116122232chads
chafe135117352chafe
chafes145017912chafes
chaff165016282chaff
chaffs17459612chaffs
chais107530312chais
chams126028502chams
chaos105622862chaos
chaps125326062chaps
chars105936642chars
chats105730092chats
chaws135022462chaws
chays135319742chays
cheap126915942cheap
cheaps134613682cheaps
cheat105732452cheat
cheats114519542cheats
check164714712check
checks174912702checks
cheek145115712cheek
cheeks154712782cheeks
cheep125416502cheep
cheeps135312912cheeps
cheer105420382cheer
cheers114518912cheers
cheese113812762cheese
cheesy14419192cheesy
chefed155010562chefed
chela103916802chela
chelas113817202chelas
chemo12313632chemo
chemos13311722chemos
chert105232102chert
cherts115617232cherts
chest104926142chest
chests114916262chests
cheth135013822cheth
cheths14389822cheths
chevy16479992chevy
chew126622132che_w
chewy165011902chewy
chez184519022che_z
chias104625522chias
chics123920942chics
chief134419482chief_
chiels115115932chiels
chins105631462chins
chips125721252chips
chis95933312ch_is
chits105424572chits
chops125019872chops
chows135618202chows
chubs125412622chubs
chufa13489112chufa
chufas14397672chufas
chuff164812492chuff
chuffs17427782chuffs
chugs115511942chugs
chums125015832chums
clef97028182clef_
cleft106222852cleft
clefts114610162clefts
clews105516332clews
coeds85920162coeds
coffs134916302coffs
coifs105718702coifs
coofs105924712coofs
creds85418772creds
cress75022832cress
crews105917492crews
cues65438982cue_s
cuffs135017492cuffs
cuifs104814692cuifs
curfs105122142curfs
eches106322162eche_s
efs66829602__efs
fiefs116213702fiefs
ghees95215552ghees
heft106736292_heft
hefts116218152_hefts
hehs106723962_hehs
hems95534942_hems
hens75642572_hens
hers75844872_hers
hes66654202_he_s
hets75547202_hets
hews105631572_hews
keefs125116282keefs
kefs115922742_kefs
khafs15648842khafs
khets124913432khets
kiefs126112202kiefs
ochers113915302ochers
reefs85121662reefs
refs75732242_refs
rheas84816952rheas
sheafs124912882sheafs
sheas86331792sheas
sheds96122702sheds
shes75734352she_s
shews115924712shews
theft114118132theft
thefts12387922thefts
thens85921832thens
thews117416192thews
whens114618762whens
whets115019612whets
whews145114492whews
wheys145911552wheys

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit538001253.33016156.2
3Display Results1251250.0761644.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911253.59249746.9
 
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