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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 “shadbush” 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.

25 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
shadbush174197(None) 
hagbush1642622_hagbush
shadbushes1951812shadbushes
ambush1336113__ambush
habus106317143_ha_bus_
maybush1742453_maybush
sadhus10298463s_adhus_
saltbush1342133saltbush
shadblow1742313shadblow
shaders115915553shaders_
shades105924533shad_es_
shadiest121711283shadiest
shadows1437193shadows_
shadrach1743973shadrach
shads95124483shad__s_
shaduf1337063shad_u_f
shadufs1433673shad_ufs
shammash18293753shammash
shamus114112813sha_mus_
shaugh13287433sha__ugh
shush113812543sh___ush
snowbush1642093snowbush
squawbush2651313squawbush
sugarbush1551583sugarbush
tarbush1234173_tarbush

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162257.53319402.9
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691257.93922508.0
 
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