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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 “chew” 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.

151 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
chew12662213(None) 
chaw126224631chaw
chef125125621chef
chews135418511chews
chewy165011901chewy
chez184519021chez
chow125820991chow
clew95520571clew
crew96122671crew
hew97642721_hew
phew128417111phew
shew108030761shew
thew108226231thew
whew137618781whew
ache96829822ache_
ached119227832ached
aches106132292aches
ahed89536252ahed
ahem97225362ahem
anew76623132anew
blew94722432blew
brew95023562brew
cahow135110942cahow
cashew144311452cashew
caw86647932c_aw
cee55952702c_ee
cees65941592cees
cel56040552c_el
cep75736332c_ep
chad105525502chad
chai95929902chai
cham115532312cham
chao95727312chao
chap114928492chap
char95132152char
chat95546132chat
chaws135022462chaws
chay124924872chay
cheap126915942cheap
cheat105732452cheat
check164714712check
cheek145115712cheek
cheep125416502cheep
cheer105420382cheer
chefs136214662chefs
chela103916802chela
chemo12313632chemo
chert105232102chert
chess105016922chess
chest104926142chest
cheth135013822cheth
chevy16479992chevy
chewed154415012chewed
chewer145512612chewer
chi86228652ch_i
chia96026622chia
chic115925202chic
chid106626402chid
chief134419482chief
chiel104918972chiel
chin96934742chin
chip116726422chip
chis95933312chis
chit96937462chit
chon96627792chon
chop116024922chop
chows135618202chows
chub115516412chub
chug105914112chug
chum116318002chum
claw95624342claw
clef97028182clef
clews105516332clews
coed77140542coed
cow89856712c_ow
craw97725262craw
cred76530882cred
crews105917492crews
crow96428132crow
cue57544182cue_
cued76329562cued
cues65438982cues
dew77139922_dew
dhow116614002dhow
drew86221672drew
eche97520282eche_
eched116919222eched
eches106322162eches
eschew1436332eschew
few95436962_few
flew105824252flew
ghee85726112ghee
grew85620262grew
haw97153272_haw
he58151952_he_
heh96039622_heh
hem86148732_hem
hen67555272_hen
hep86644142_hep
her66547812_her
hes66654202_hes
het67674312_het
hewn106719852_hewn
hews105631572_hews
hex137436172_hex
hey96741062_hey
how97252432_how
jew135129082_jew
khet116328622khet
knew115912122knew
mew86137732_mew
new66237092_new
ocher104516102ocher
ohed87825182ohed
pew86442302_pew
plew97222812plew
rechew14310212rechew
rhea75017432rhea
screw109318532screw
sew66247262_sew
shaw108132552shaw
she66837692she_
shea76031572shea
shed86536152shed
shes75734352shes
shewn115715702shewn
shews115924712shews
show106229192show
shrew119720162shrew
skew116218762skew
slew76228232slew
smew95017732smew
spew95421872spew
stew77525462stew
tew66640152_tew
thaw107521312thaw
the67436052the_
thee78039062thee
them97427042them
then78429692then
thews117416192thews
thewy146311852thewy
they107223752they
threw1117315712threw
view105917672view
whee105429592whee
when105723042when
whet105133782whet
whews145114492whews
whey135018712whey
yew96436292_yew

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit298721510.89033564.0
3Display Results1511510.0463282.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911511.016175877.0
 
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